Checklist for Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
and region Massachusetts (USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 495
4359
9654 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 493
4355
9649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 470
4273
9434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 327
3569
8008 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 62
1187
2942 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 61
1186
2941 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 59
1181
2936 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
767
1991 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 17
683
1610 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
115
202 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 31
65 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 12
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 11
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Massachusetts
11 Genera with 16 Species | Agriades Hübner, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 2005 | Azures | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 0 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1824 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyaniris Dalman, 1862 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Euphilotes Mattoni, 1977 | American Dotted Blues | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1824 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1971 | Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeius Kluk, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1873 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Massachusetts
16 Species and 3 Subspecies | Agriades hylas Schiffermüller, 1776 | | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Celastrina lucia (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Celastrina neglecta W.H. Edwards, 1862 | Summer Azure | | Celastrina serotina Pavulaan & W..., 2005 | Cherry Gall Azure | | Chilades parrhasius parrhasius | | | Cupido (Everes) comyntas Godart, 1824 | Eastern Tail-blue | | Cyaniris neglecta Edwards, 1862 | | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Everes comyntas (Godart, 1824) | ⇒ Cupido comyntas Godart, 1824 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma F. Brown, 1971 | Arrowhead Blue | | Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856 | | | Plebejus (Lycaeides) melissa Edwards, 1873 | Common bordered blue |
Subnodes of Polyommatini with occurrences in Massachusetts
Links, sources and further information Polyommatini at artfakta.se
Polyommatini at dyntaxa.se
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