Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Toronto (Southern Ontario, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
1940
2605 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 315
1940
2605 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 305
1925
2583 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 227
1643
2248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 47
505
757 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 47
505
757 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 46
504
756 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
339
487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
303
429 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
86
137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 30
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Toronto
30 Genera with 43 Species
| Acrodipsas Sands, 1965 | Ant-blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1758 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Candalides Hübner, 1817 | Dusky blues | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoritis Butler, 1967 | Coppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyaniris Dalman, 1862 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erora Scudder, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feniseca Grote, 1793 | North American Harvesters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harkenclenus Scudder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypochrysops C. Felder & ..., 1814 | Jewels | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Iolaus Hübner, 1965 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 0 | Ceruleans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucia Swainson, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeides Hübner, 1943 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1778 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miletus Hubner, 1913 | Brownies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neolucia Waterhouse &..., 1851 | Heath-blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralucia Waterhouse &..., 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1761 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1874 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodipsas C. Felder & ..., 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1833 | Satyr Orchids | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Theclinesthes Röber, 1890 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1824 | Lesser Grass Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Toronto
43 Species and 16 Subspecies | Acrodipsas cuprea {Sands, 1965 | Copper ant-blue | | Callophrys (Callophrys) rubi Linnaeus, 1758 | Green Hairstreak | | Candalides acasta Cox, H. R., 1873 | Blotched Blue | | Candalides hyacinthina Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Candalides hyacinthinus hyacinthinus Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Candalides xanthospilos Hübner, 1817 | Yellow Spot Blue | | Catopyrops florinda halys Waterhouse, 1934 | Speckled Lineblue | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Chrysoritis thysbe psyche Pennington, 1967 | | | Cyaniris neglecta Edwards, 1862 | | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Erora laeta Edwards, 1862 | Early hairstreak | | Feniseca tarquinius Fabricius, 1793 | Harvester | | Harkenclenus titus (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Satyrium titus Fabricius, 1793 | | Hypochrysops cyane Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Cyane Jewel | | Hypochrysops ignitus Leach, 1814 | Dingy Jewel | | Hypochrysops ignitus ignitus Leach, 1814 | Fiery Jewel | | Iolaus aphnaeoides aethes (Clench, 1965) | ⇒ Iolaus aethes Clench, 1964 | | Jamides cyta cyta | | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lucia limbaria Swainson, 1833 | Grassland Copper | | Lycaeides melissa (Edwards, 1873) | ⇒ Plebejus melissa Edwards, 1873 | | Lycaeides melissa samuelis Nabokov, 1943 | Karner Blue | | Lycaena (Epidemia) epixanthe Boisduval & ..., 1835 | Bog Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) hyllus Cramer, 1775 | Bronze Copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lysandra bellargus tiphys Esper, 1778 | | | Miletus gaetulus aphytis Fruhstorfer, 1913 | | | Neolucia agricola agricola Westwood, 1851 | Fringed Blue | | Paralucia aurifer Blanchard, 1853 | Bright Copper | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Prosotas felderi (Murray, 1874) | ⇒ Nacaduba cajetani Tite, 1963 | | Pseudodipsas eone iole Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Eone Blue | | Pseudodipsas euprea | | | Psychonotis caelius taygetus C. Felder & ..., 1860 | Small Green-banded Blue | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Satyrium (Satyrium) acadica W. H. Edwards, 1862 | Acadian Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) calanus Hübner, 1806 | Banded Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) caryaevorus McDunnough, 1942 | Hickory Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) edwardsii Grote & Robi..., 1867 | Edward's hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) liparops Le Conte, 1833 | Striped Hairstreak | | Theclinesthes miskini Lucas, 1889 | Miskin´s Blue | | Theclinesthes miskini miskini Lucas, 1889 | Wattle Blue | | Theclinesthes onycha onycha (Hewitson, 1865) | ⇒ Theclinesthes albocincta Waterhouse, 1903 | | Theclinesthes sulpitius Miskin, 1890 | Saltpan Blue | | Zizina otis labradus Godart, 1824 | Common blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Toronto
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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