Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Sonoma County (California, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 245
1145
1704 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 242
1142
1701 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 225
1106
1640 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 158
945
1442 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 36
371
587 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 36
371
587 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 35
368
584 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
290
472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
281
464 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
75
128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 22
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sonoma County
22 Genera with 36 Species #ACEGHILMPS
| Atlides Huebner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1823 | Elfins | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | Chalceria Fabricius, 1807 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epidemia Scudder, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1798 | Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Habrodais Scudder, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Incisalia Scudder, 1852 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1868 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeides Hübner, 1873 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1851 | Boulder Copper | 6 | Species | Taxom | Ministrymon Clench, 1961 | Ministreaks | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Penaincisalia Johnson, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1852 | Small Jewel Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1775 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1870 | Satyr Orchids | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1852 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sonoma County
36 Species and 4 Subspecies | Atlides halesus Cramer, 1779 | Giant purple hairstreak | | Callophrys (Callophrys) dumetorum Boisduval, 1852 | 'Bramble' Bramble Hairstreak | | Callophrys (Callophrys) sheridanii Carpenter, 1877 | 'Alpine' Sheridan's Hairstreak | | Callophrys (Incisalia) niphon Hübner, 1823 | Eastern Pine Elfin | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Epidemia helloides (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena helloides Boisduval, 1852 | | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798 | Bean blue | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Habrodais grunus Boisduval, 1852 | Golden Hairstreak | | Icaricia icarioides Boisduval, 1852 | Boisduval's blue | | Icaricia saepiolus W. H. Edwards, 1863 | Greenish blue | | Incisalia eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys eryphon Boisduval, 1852 | | Leptotes marina Reakirt, 1868 | Marine Blue | | Lycaeides argyronomon anna | | | Lycaeides melissa (Edwards, 1873) | ⇒ Plebejus melissa Edwards, 1873 | | Lycaena (Chalceria) xanthoides Boisduval, 1852 | Gray Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) dorcas Kirby, 1837 | 'Maine' Dorcas Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycaena (Tharsalea) arota Boisduval, 1852 | Tail Copper Butterfly | | Lycaena acmon (Westwood, 1851) | ⇒ Plebejus acmon Westwood, 1851 | | Penaincisalia incisalia (J.F. Le Crom..., 1997) | ⇒ Penaincisalia swarthea Le Crom & K...., 1997 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) argyrognomon Bergsträsser, 1779 | Northern blue | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Satyrium (Satyrium) acadica W. H. Edwards, 1862 | Acadian Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) californica Edwards, 1862 | California Hairstreak | | Satyrium saepium okanagana | | | Satyrium sylvinus dryope W. H. Edwards, 1870 | Sylvan Hairstreak | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak | | Strymon saepium Boisduval, 1852 | | | Strymon sylvinus Boisduval, 1852 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Sonoma County
 | | 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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