Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Shimba Hills (Kwale County, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 51
158
225 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 51
158
225 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 42
139
187 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 33
128
178 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 16
83
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 16
83
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 16
83
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
68
100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
56
89 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
34
63 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 8
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Shimba Hills
8 Genera with 8 Species
Species list for Shimba Hills
8 Species and 2 Subspecies | Anthene lemnos Hewitson, 1878 | Large Ciliate Blue | | Aphnaeus zanzibarensis (Grose-Smith, 1889) | ⇒ Aphnaeus marci Collins & La..., 2008 | | Argiolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & ..., 1958) | ⇒ Argiolaus crawshayi Butler, 1900 | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Ornipholidotos peucetia Hewitson, 1866 | Large Glasswing | | Pentila rogersi Druce, 1907 | Rogers´ Pentila | | Pentila tropicalis Boisduval, 1847 | Spotted Buff | | Telipna acraea acraea Westwood, , 1851 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Shimba Hills
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
Links, sources and further information Lycaenidae at artfakta.se
Lycaenidae at dyntaxa.se
Lycaenidae at gbif.org
Lycaenidae at irmng.org
Lycaenidae at itis.gov
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