Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Southland (South Island, New Zealand)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 192
745
885 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 192
745
885 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 188
740
879 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 144
651
773 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 22
149
205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 22
149
205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 22
149
205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 13
127
183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 11
118
173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
43
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 15
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Southland (New Zealand)
15 Genera with 15 Species | Azanus Moore, 1857 | Babul Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1852 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1907 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1837 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolycaena C.Felder & R..., 1793 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 0 | Ceruleans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lachnocnema Trimen & Bowker, 1887 | Woolly Legs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptomyrina Butler, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1868 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1761 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telipna Aurivillius, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southland (New Zealand)
15 Species and 2 Subspecies | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 | Fea Pygmyblue | | Callophrys (Incisalia) polios (Cook & Watson, 1907) | ⇒ Callophrys polia Cook & Watson, 1907 | | Celastrina lucia (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Hypolycaena philippus Fabricius, 1793 | Common Hairstreak | | Icaricia saepiolus W. H. Edwards, 1863 | Greenish blue | | Jamides cyta cyta | | | Lachnocnema durbani Trimen, 1887 | D'Urban's Woolly Legs | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Leptomyrina (Leptomyrina) hirundo Wallengren, 1857 | Tailed Black-eye | | Leptotes marina Reakirt, 1868 | Marine Blue | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Telipna acraea acraea Westwood, , 1851 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Southland (New Zealand)
 | | 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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