Checklist for Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
and region Southern Alberta (Alberta, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 421
3347
6679 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 420
3346
6678 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 400
3288
6562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 291
2810
5815 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 60
852
1955 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 60
852
1955 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 57
847
1950 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
595
1483 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
536
1291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
96
224 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 28
61 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 15
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 14
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Southern Alberta
14 Genera with 28 Species | Aricia Reichenbach, 1852 | Arguses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1865 | Common Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1837 | Azures | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 0 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyaniris Dalman, 1862 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphilotes Mattoni, 1852 | American Dotted Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1852 | Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1862 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 0 | Ceruleans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1781 | Small Jewel Blues | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1775 | Meadow Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Alberta
28 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aricia (Icaricia) icarioides (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Icaricia icarioides Boisduval, 1852 | | Castalius mindarus Felder & Felder, 1865 | | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Celastrina lucia (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cupido agriades | | | Cyaniris neglecta Edwards, 1862 | | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Euphilotes battoides Behr, 1867 | 'Bernardino' Square-spotted Blue | | Euphilotes enoptes Boisduval, 1852 | 'Dammer's ' Dotted Blue | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Glaucopsyche piasus Boisduval, 1852 | Arrowhead Blue | | Icaricia icarioides Boisduval, 1852 | Boisduval's blue | | Icaricia lupini (Goodpasture, 1973) | ⇒ Aricia lupini Boisduval, 1869 | | Icaricia saepiolus W. H. Edwards, 1863 | Greenish blue | | Icaricia shasta (Edwards, 1862) | ⇒ Aricia shasta W.H. Edwards, 1862 | | Jamides cyta cyta | | | Lysandra syngrapha Keferstein, 1851 | | | Plebejus (Agriades) glandon de Prunner, 1798 | Arctic Blue | | Plebejus (Icaricia) lupini (Boisduval, 1869) | ⇒ Aricia lupini Boisduval, 1869 | | Plebejus (Icaricia) shasta (Edwards, 1862) | ⇒ Aricia shasta W.H. Edwards, 1862 | | Plebejus (Lycaeides) anna (Edwards, 1861) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Plebejus (Vacciniina) optilete (Knoch, 1781) | ⇒ Plebejus optilete Knoch, 1781 | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) dorylas Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Albarracin Chalk-hill Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue |
Subnodes of Polyommatini with occurrences in Southern Alberta
Links, sources and further information Polyommatini at artfakta.se
Polyommatini at dyntaxa.se
Polyommatini at itis.gov
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