Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Uruguay (Southern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 282
1674
2697 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 281
1673
2696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 271
1648
2663 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 168
1261
2113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
253
373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 32
253
373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 32
253
373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
193
303 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
182
291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
82
149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 12
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Uruguay
12 Genera with 15 Species | Bindahara Moore, 1793 | Plane | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calycopis Scudder, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorostrymon Clench, 1868 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyanophrys Clench, 1865 | Greenstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1775 | Common Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1882 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | Ministrymon Clench, 1961 | Ministreaks | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parrhasius Hübner, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeius Kluk, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1819 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 1857 | Hairstreaks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1881 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Uruguay
15 Species and 2 Subspecies | Bindahara phocides phocides Fabricius, 1793 | Plane | | Calycopis caulonia Hewitson, 1877 | | | Chlorostrymon simaethis Drury, 1773 | Key Lime Hairstreak | | Chlorostrymon telea Hewitson, 1868 | Telea Hairstreak | | Cyanophrys acaste Prittwitz, 1865 | | | Leptotes callanga Dyar, 1913 | | | Leptotes cassius Cramer, 1775 | Cassius Blue | | Lycaena cyna (Edwards, 1882) | ⇒ Zizula cyna Edwards, 1881 | | Parrhasius polibetes Cramer, 1782 | Black-spot Hairstreak | | Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856 | | | Strymon argona (W.C. Hewitson, 1874) | ⇒ Strymon eurytulus Hübner, 1819 | | Strymon eurytulus Hübner, 1819 | | | Thecla argona Hewiston, 1874 | | | Thecla marius (Lucas, 1857) | ⇒ Rekoa marius Lucas, 1857 | | Zizula cyna Edwards, 1881 | Cyna Blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Uruguay
 | | 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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