Checklist of Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
for Gambia (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 290
2438
4343 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 289
2437
4342 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 278
2394
4247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 182
1936
3686 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 48
701
1305 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 48
700
1304 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 48
700
1304 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 21
464
946 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 18
437
906 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
92
253 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 42
98 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 21
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 19
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gambia
19 Genera with 35 Species | Azanus Moore, 1782 | Babul Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1876 | Common Pierrot | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Catochrysops Boisduval, 0 | Forget-me-nots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1843 | Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Danis Fabricius, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1855 | Cupids | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Freyeria Moore, 1845 | Grass jewel | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1922 | Giant Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1874 | Small Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudonacaduba Stempffer, 1857 | African Line Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1944 | Blue pierrots | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tuxentius Larsen, 1883 | Pied pierrots | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1877 | Lesser Grass Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1775 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gambia
35 Species and 4 Subspecies | Azanus jesous Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | African Babul Blue | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Azanus ubaldus Stoll, 1782 | Bright Babul Blue | | Cacyreus lingeus Stoll, 1782 | Bush Bronze | | Castalius anomalogramma (Butler, 1876) | ⇒ Tuxentius cretosus Butler, 1876 | | Castalius cretosus (Butler, 1876) | ⇒ Tuxentius cretosus Butler, 1876 | | Castalius lactinatus (Butler, 1876) | ⇒ Tuxentius cretosus Butler, 1876 | | Castalius usemia (Butler, 1876) | ⇒ Tuxentius cretosus Butler, 1876 | | Catochrysops osiris | | | Chilades eleusis Demaison, 1888 | Sky-blue Cupid | | Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | Grass Jewel | | Danis danis thinophilus Toxopeus, 1930 | | | Eicochrysops hippocrates Fabricius, 1793 | White-tipped Blue | | Euchrysops eleusis Demaison, 1888 | | | Euchrysops enejus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | | | Euchrysops malathana Boisduval, 1833 | Common smoky blue | | Euchrysops nilotica Aurivillius, 1904 | Desert Bean Cupid | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Freyeria trochylus (FREYER, 1845) | ⇒ Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lepidochrysops synchrematiza Bethune-Baker, 1922 | Untailed Blue Giant Cupid | | Leptotes babaulti Stempffer, 1935 | Babault's Zebra Blue | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Plebejus anna lotis Lintner, 1878 | Anna´s Blue | | Plebejus (Lycaeides) christophi Staudinger, 1874 | Small Jewel Blue | | Pseudonacaduba sichela Wallengren, 1857 | African Line Blue | | Tarucus mediterraneae (Austaut, 1885) | ⇒ Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | | Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | Balochistan Pierrot | | Tarucus sybaris sybaris Hopffer, 1855 | Dotted Blue | | Tarucus theophrastus Fabricius, 1793 | African Pierrot | | Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1944 | Ungemach´s Pierrot | | Tuxentius cretosus Butler, 1876 | Savanna Pied Pierrot | | Tuxentius cretosus nodieri Oberthür, 1883 | | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue | | Zizina antanossa Mabille, 1877 | Clover Blue | | Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775 | Dainty grass-blue |
Subnodes of Polyommatini with occurrences in Gambia
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