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English species names of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		322
33641
568299		Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings		1005
38169		Genera
Species


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'Alpine' Sheridan's HairstreakCallophrys sheridanii Carpenter, 1877
'Alpine' Sheridan'S HairstreakCallophrys sheridanii lemberti Tilden, 1963
'Atlantic' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon Cramer, 1780
'Bernardino' Square-spotted BlueEuphilotes battoides Behr, 1867
'Bernardino' Square-Spotted BlueEuphilotes battoides bernardino W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
'Bramble' Bramble HairstreakCallophrys dumetorum dumetorum Boisduval, 1852
'Bramble' Bramble HairstreakCallophrys dumetorum Boisduval, 1852
'Canyon' Bramble HairstreakCallophrys dumetorum Boisduval, 1852
'Canyon' Bramble HairstreakCallophrys dumetorum apama W. H. Edwards, 1882
'Coastal' Bramble HairstreakCallophrys dumetorum Boisduval, 1852
'Dammer'S ' Dotted BlueEuphilotes enoptes dammersi J. A. Comstock & Henne, 1933
'Dammer's ' Dotted BlueEuphilotes enoptes Boisduval, 1852
'Desert' Sheridan's HairstreakCallophrys sheridanii Carpenter, 1877
'Desert' Sheridan'S HairstreakCallophrys sheridanii comstocki Henne, 1940
'Edward's' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon Cramer, 1780
'El Segundo' Square-spotted BlueEuphilotes battoides Behr, 1867
'El Segundo' Square-Spotted BlueEuphilotes battoides allyni Shields, 1975
'Glandon' Arctic BlueAgriades glandon Prunner, 1798
'Glandon' Arctic BlueAgriades glandon glandon Prunner, 1798
'Hops' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon Cramer, 1780
'Immaculate' Bramble HairstreakCallophrys dumetorum Boisduval, 1852
'Karner' Melissa BlueLycaeides melissa Edwards, 1873
'Loki' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'Loki' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus loki Skinner, 1907
'Maine' Dorcas CopperLycaena dorcas claytoni A. E. Brower, 1940
'Maine' Dorcas CopperLycaena dorcas Kirby, 1837
'Manitoba' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon Cramer, 1780
'Mission' Boisduval's BluePlebejus icarioides missionensis Hovanitz, 1937
'Mission' Boisduval's BluePlebejus icarioides Boisduval, 1852
'Mojave' Dotted BlueEuphilotes enoptes mojave F. Watson & W. Comstock, 1920
'Mojave' Dotted BlueEuphilotes enoptes Boisduval, 1852
'Mountain' Arctic BlueAgriades glandon franklinii J. Curtis, 1835
'Mountain' Arctic BlueAgriades glandon Prunner, 1798
'Muir's' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'Nelson's' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'Nelson'S' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus nelsoni Boisduval, 1869
'Northern' Oak HairstreakSatyrium favonius ontario W. H. Edwards, 1868
'Northern' Oak HairstreakSatyrium favonius Smith, 1797
'Olive' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'Olive' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus gryneus Rafinesque, 1815
'Pale' Rita BlueEuphilotes rita pallescens Tilden & Downey, 1955
'Pale' Rita BlueEuphilotes rita W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
'Salt Marsh' Dorcas CopperLycaena dorcas dospassosi McDunnough, 1940
'Salt Marsh' Dorcas CopperLycaena dorcas Kirby, 1837
'Sierra' Arctic BlueAgriades glandon Prunner, 1798
'Siva' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus siva W.H.Edwards, 1874
'Siva' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'Snow's' Lustrous CopperLycaena cupreus W. H. Edwards, 1870
'Snow'S' Lustrous CopperLycaena cupreus snowi W. H. Edwards, 1881
'Southern' Oak HairstreakSatyrium favonius favonius J. E. Smith, 1797
'Southern' Oak HairstreakSatyrium favonius Smith, 1797
'Spring' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon Cramer, 1780
'Spring' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon ladon
'Summer' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon Cramer, 1780
'Summer' Spring AzureCelastrina ladon neglecta W. H. Edwards, 1862
'Sweadner'S' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus sweadneri F.Chermock, 1945
'Sweadner's' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'Thorne's' Juniper HairstreakCallophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819
'White Mountains' Ruddy CopperLycaena rubidus ferrisi K. Johnson & Balogh, 1977
'White Mountains' Ruddy CopperLycaena rubidus Behr, 1866
'White-lined' Sheridan's HairstreakCallophrys sheridanii Carpenter, 1877
'White-Lined' Sheridan'S HairstreakCallophrys sheridanii sheridanii W. H. Edwards, 1877


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