Checklist of Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 446
7357
32744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 442
7344
32723 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 426
7252
32441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 285
5986
29203 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 67
2366
10698 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
2365
10696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 65
2359
10685 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
1547
8084 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
1405
7743 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
260
2502 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 130
1025 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 36
214 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 31
124 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Democratic Republic of the Congo
31 Genera with 124 Species
| Actizera Chapman, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Azanus Moore, 1887 | Babul Blues | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1924 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 0 | Common Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catochrysops Boisduval, 1905 | Forget-me-nots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 0 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1843 | Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1925 | Tailed Blues | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Cupidopsis Karsch, 1855 | Meadow blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1793 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1895 | Cupids | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Harpendyreus Heron, 1909 | Mountain Blues | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 2001 | Giant Cupids | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1874 | Common Blues | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Nacaduba Moore, 1891 | Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oboronia Karsch, 1879 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1877 | Dingy Lineblues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phlyaria Karsch, 1895 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeius Kluk, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudonacaduba Stempffer, 1857 | African Line Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Syntarucus Scudder, 1789 | Zebra blue | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1924 | Blue pierrots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thermoniphas Karsch, 1880 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Tuxentius Larsen, 1887 | Pied pierrots | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Uranothauma Butler, 1951 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Zintha Eliot, 1864 | Blue-eyed Pierrots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1787 | Grass blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1877 | Lesser Grass Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Democratic Republic of the Congo
124 Species and 21 Subspecies | Actizera lucida Trimen, 1883 | Rayed Blue | | Actizera stellata Trimen, 1883 | Clover Blue | | Azanus isis Drury, 1773 | White-banded Babul Blue | | Azanus mirza Plötz, 1880 | Mirza Babul Blue | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Azanus natalensis Trimen, 1887 | Natal Babul Blue | | Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936 | Audeoud´s Bush Blue | | Cacyreus lingeus Stoll, 1782 | Bush Bronze | | Cacyreus tespis Herbst, 1804 | Water Blue | | Cacyreus virilis Aurivillius, 1924 | Alternative Bush Blue | | Castalius lintza | | | Catochrysops pampolis (Druce, 1905) | ⇒ Lepidochrysops phoebe Libert, 2001 | | Celastrina argiolaus | | | Chilades kedonga (Grose-Smith, 1898) | ⇒ Chilades naidina Butler, 1886 | | Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | Grass Jewel | | Cupido albicosta (Gaede, 1918) | ⇒ Oboronia liberiana Stempffer, 1950 | | Cupido antanossa Mabille, 1877 | | | Cupido felthami (Stevenson, 1924) | ⇒ Uranothauma antinorii Oberthür, 1883 | | Cupido gussfeldtii | | | Cupido latrunculata (Grünberg, 1911) | ⇒ Euchrysops albistriata Capronnier, 1889 | | Cupido lunifer (Rebel, 1919) | ⇒ Uranothauma lunifer Rebel, 1914 | | Cupido reichenowi | | | Cupido skotios | | | Cupido virilis Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Cupidopsis cissus extensa Libert, 2003 | | | Cupidopsis iobates Hopffer, 1855 | Tailed Meadow Blue | | Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855) | ⇒ Cupidopsis iobates Hopffer, 1855 | | Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924 | Brachystegia Blue | | Eicochrysops fontainei Stempffer, 1961 | | | Eicochrysops hippocrates Fabricius, 1793 | White-tipped Blue | | Euchrysops albistriata Capronnier, 1889 | Capronnier´s Cupid | | Euchrysops albistriatus (Capronnier, 1889) | ⇒ Euchrysops albistriata Capronnier, 1889 | | Euchrysops banyo Libert, 2001 | Banyo Mountain Cupid | | Euchrysops barkeri Trimen, 1893 | Barker's Smoky Blue | | Euchrysops browni (Butler, 1895) | ⇒ Euliphyra hewitsoni Aurivillius, 1899 | | Euchrysops crawshayi Butler, 1899 | Crawshay´s Blue | | Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi Butler, 1899 | | | Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei Stempffer, 1967 | | | Euchrysops fescennia (Bethune-Baker, 1923) | ⇒ Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923 | | Euchrysops jacksoni (Stempffer, 1952) | ⇒ Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924 | | Euchrysops katangae Bethune-Baker, 1923 | | | Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923 | Mau Blue | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924 | Jackson´s Cupid | | Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924 | | | Euchrysops subdita Grose-Smith, 1901 | | | Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923 | Ashen Smoky Blue | | Euchrysops unigemmata Butler, 1895 | | | Harpendyreus aequatorialis Sharpe, 1892 | Equatorial Mountain Blue | | Harpendyreus aequatorialis vulcanica Joicey & Talbot, 1924 | | | Harpendyreus argenteostriata Stempffer, 1961 | | | Harpendyreus kisaba Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Harpendyreus major Joicey & Talbot, 1924 | | | Harpendyreus marlieri Stempffer, 1961 | | | Harpendyreus marungensis Joicey & Talbot, 1924 | Central Mountain Blue | | Harpendyreus reginaldi Heron, 1909 | | | Ionolyce helicon hyllus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Bronze Line-blue | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lepidochrysops anerius (Hulstaert, 1924) | ⇒ Lepidochrysops patricia anerius Hulstaert, 1924 | | Lepidochrysops chloauges Bethune-Baker, 1922 | Jade Blue | | Lepidochrysops cinerea Bethune-Baker, 1922 | | | Lepidochrysops cupreus Neave, 1910 | | | Lepidochrysops glauca Trimen, 1887 | Silvery Blue | | Lepidochrysops loveni Aurivillius, 1922 | | | Lepidochrysops loveni kivuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Lepidochrysops loveni loveni Aurivillius, 1922 | | | Lepidochrysops pampolis Druce, 1905 | | | Lepidochrysops patricia anerius Hulstaert, 1924 | | | Lepidochrysops phoebe Libert, 2001 | | | Lepidochrysops plebeia proclus Hulstaert, 1924 | | | Lepidochrysops polydialecta Bethune-Baker, 1922 | Lilac Giant Cupid | | Lepidochrysops skatios | | | Lepidochrysops skotios Druce, 1905 | | | Lepidochrysops solwezii Bethune-Baker, 1922 | Roseate Blue | | Lepidochrysops stormsi Robbe, 1892 | | | Lepidochrysops victoriae Karsch, 1895 | Lake Victoria Giant Cupid | | Lepidochrysops victoriae occidentalis Libert & Col..., 2001 | | | Leptotes babaulti Stempffer, 1935 | Babault's Zebra Blue | | Leptotes cassioides (Capronnier, 1889) | ⇒ Leptotes plinius Fabricius, 1793 | | Leptotes jeanneli Stempffer, 1936 | Jeannel's Zebra Blue | | Leptotes marginalis Aurivillius, 1925 | Black-bordered Zebra Blue | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Leptotes plinius Fabricius, 1793 | Peablue | | Leptotes pulchra Murray, 1874 | Beautiful Zebra Blue | | Nacaduba stratola (Holland, 1891) | ⇒ Pseudonacaduba aethiops Mabille, 1877 | | Oboronia albicosta Gaede, 1916 | | | Oboronia arctimargo (Strand, 1912) | ⇒ Oboronia pseudopunctatus Strand, 1912 | | Oboronia bueronica Karsch, 1895 | Ginger Blue | | Oboronia guessfeldti Dewitz, 1879 | Güssfeldt´s Blue | | Oboronia liberiana Stempffer, 1950 | Liberian Ginger White | | Oboronia ornata Mabille, 1890 | Untailed Ginger White | | Oboronia ornata vestalis Aurivillius, 1895 | | | Oboronia pseudopunctatus Strand, 1912 | Light Ginger White | | Oboronia punctatus Dewitz, 1879 | Common Ginger White | | Petrelaea aethiops Mabille, 1877 | | | Phlyaria cyara Hewitson, 1876 | Pied Blue | | Phlyaria cyara cyara Hewitson, 1876 | | | Phlyaria cyara tenuimarginata Grünberg, 1908 | | | Phlyaria stactalla (Karsch, 1895) | ⇒ Phlyaria cyara Hewitson, 1876 | | Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856 | | | Pseudonacaduba aethiops Mabille, 1877 | Dark African Line Blue | | Pseudonacaduba sichela Wallengren, 1857 | African Line Blue | | Syntarucus babaulti Stempffer, 1935 | | | Syntarucus jeanneli Stempffer, 1936 | | | Syntarucus telicanus Lang, 1789 | | | Tarucus sybaris linearis Aurivillius, 1924 | Dotted Blue | | Thaumaina uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908 | | | Thermoniphas alberici Dufrane, 1945 | Alberic´s Chalk Blue | | Thermoniphas distincta Talbot, 1935 | | | Thermoniphas fontainei Stempffer, 1956 | | | Thermoniphas fumosa Stempffer, 1952 | Smoky Chalk Blue | | Thermoniphas kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945 | | | Thermoniphas plurilimbata Karsch, 1895 | | | Thermoniphas plurilimbata plurilimbata Karsch, 1895 | | | Thermoniphas plurilimbata rutshurensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Thermoniphas togara Plötz, 1880 | Bright Chalk Blue | | Tuxentius calice Hopffer, 1855 | White Pie | | Tuxentius carana Hewitson, 1876 | Forest Pied Pierrot | | Tuxentius margaritaceus Sharpe, 1892 | Margarita´s Pierrot | | Tuxentius melaena Trimen, 1887 | Black Pie | | Uranothauma antinirii | | | Uranothauma antinorii Oberthür, 1883 | Antinori's Branded Blue | | Uranothauma antinorii felthami Stevenson, 1934 | | | Uranothauma cordatus Sharpe, 1892 | | | Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909 | | | Uranothauma falkensteini Dewitz, 1879 | Lowland Branded Blue | | Uranothauma heritsia Hewitson, 1876 | Light Branded Blue | | Uranothauma heritsia heritsia Hewitson, 1876 | | | Uranothauma heritsia intermedia Tite, 1958 | | | Uranothauma heritsia virgo Butler, 1896 | | | Uranothauma lunifer Rebel, 1914 | | | Uranothauma nubifer Trimen, 1895 | Black Heart | | Uranothauma poggei Dewitz, 1879 | Striped Heart | | Uranothauma pseudocrawshayi (Kielland, 1980) | ⇒ Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909 | | Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951 | Pale Heart | | Zintha hintza Trimen, 1864 | Blue Pied Pierrot | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue | | Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787 | Lesser Grass Blue | | Zizina antanossa Mabille, 1877 | Clover Blue |
Subnodes of Polyommatini with occurrences in Democratic Republic of the Congo
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