Checklist of Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
for Sahara (North Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 76
406
588 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 76
406
588 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 72
399
581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 52
314
469 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 23
225
350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 23
225
350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 23
225
350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
147
240 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
137
229 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
25
41 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 12
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 6
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 6
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sahara
6 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Sahara
12 Species and 1 Subspecies | Cacyreus lingeus Stoll, 1782 | Bush Bronze | | Cupidopsis cissus Godart, 1824 | Common Meadow Blue | | Cupidopsis iobates Hopffer, 1855 | Tailed Meadow Blue | | Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855) | ⇒ Cupidopsis iobates Hopffer, 1855 | | Cupidopsis mauritanica (Riley, 1932) | ⇒ Cupidopsis iobates Hopffer, 1855 | | Eicochrysops hippocrates Fabricius, 1793 | White-tipped Blue | | Euchrysops malathana Boisduval, 1833 | Common smoky blue | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Leptotes brevidentatus Tite, 1958 | Short-toothed Blue | | Leptotes jeanneli Stempffer, 1936 | Jeannel's Zebra Blue | | Leptotes pulchra Murray, 1874 | Beautiful Zebra Blue | | Pseudonacaduba sichela Wallengren, 1857 | African Line Blue | | Pseudonacaduba sichela reticulum Mabille, 1877 | |
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