Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Suffolk (East England, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 276
1830
3192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 276
1830
3192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 264
1791
3131 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 203
1565
2848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 53
623
1100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 52
622
1099 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 50
618
1095 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
420
735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
361
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
58
74 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 20
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Suffolk
20 Genera with 22 Species | Aricia Reichenbach, 1775 | Arguses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atlides Huebner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1758 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Candalides Hübner, 1879 | Dusky blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1919 | Azures | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 0 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoritis Butler, 1764 | Coppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1775 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyaniris Dalman, 1862 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Famegana Eliot, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Incisalia Scudder, 1867 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1803 | Boulder Copper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1938 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1758 | Small Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1775 | Meadow Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1782 | Satyr Orchids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1952 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Suffolk
22 Species and 12 Subspecies | Aricia (Aricia) agestis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Brown Argus | | Atlides halesus Cramer, 1779 | Giant purple hairstreak | | Callophrys (Callophrys) rubi Linnaeus, 1758 | Green Hairstreak | | Candalides acasta Cox, H. R., 1873 | Blotched Blue | | Candalides hyacinthina Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Celastrina argiolus britanna Verity, 1919 | Holly Blue | | Chilades parrhasius parrhasius | | | Chrysoritis zeuxo zeuxo Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Cupido (Cupido) minimus Fuessly, 1775 | Little Blue | | Cyaniris neglecta Edwards, 1862 | | | Famegana alsulus alsulus Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | Black-spotted Grass-blue | | Incisalia henrici (Grote & Robi..., 1867) | ⇒ Callophrys henrici Grote & Robi..., 1867 | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycaena phlaeas eleus Fabricius, 1798 | Small Copper | | Lycaena dispar dispar ♰ Haworth, 1803 | British Large copper | | Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) | ⇒ Polyommatus coridon Poda, 1761 | | Lysandra coridon inaequalis Tutt, 1896 | | | Lysandra coridon livida Bright & Leeds, 1938 | | | Lysandra coridon transformis Bright & Leeds, 1938 | | | Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Quercusia quercus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) argus Linnaeus, 1758 | Silver-studded Blue | | Plebejus argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Plebejus argus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue | | Polyommatus icarus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Psychonotis caelius C. Felder & ..., 1860 | Small Green Banded Blue | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Satyrium w-album Knoch, 1782 | White Letter Hairstreak | | Strymon kingi Klots & Clench, 1952 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Suffolk
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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