Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Tonga (Polynesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 139
443
612 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 139
443
612 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 135
429
596 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 89
304
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 27
143
182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
143
182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
143
182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
95
131 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
88
121 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
32
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 12
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Tonga
12 Genera with 12 Species | Agriades Hübner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catochrysops Boisduval, 1993 | Forget-me-nots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1927 | Cornelians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1869 | Cupids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Famegana Eliot, 1889 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1884 | Ceruleans | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nacaduba Moore, 1869 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929 | Dingy Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeius Kluk, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tajuria Moore, 1869 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1884 | Lesser Grass Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tonga
12 Species and 8 Subspecies | Catochrysops strabo Fabricius, 1793 | Forget Me Not Blue | | Catochrysops taitensis hopkinsi Miller & Miller, 1993 | | | Deudorix epijarbas armstrongi Hopkins, 1927 | | | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798 | Bean blue | | Euchrysops cnejus samoa Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | | | Famegana alsulus Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | Black Spotted Grass Blue | | Famegana alsulus lulu Mathew, 1889 | | | Jamides carissima Butler, 1876 | Tongan Blue | | Jamides carissima thomasi Miller & Miller, 1993 | | | Jamides morphoides Butler, 1884 | | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Nacaduba dyopa Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | Owl-Spotted Blue | | Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856 | | | Tajuria deudorix deudorix Hewitson, 1869 | | | Zizina labradus Godart, 1824 | Clover Blue | | Zizina labradus mangoensis Butler, 1884 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Tonga
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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