Checklist of Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
for Thursday Island (Torres Strait Islands, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 62
164
197 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 62
164
197 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 58
148
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 42
117
138 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 11
60
78 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 11
60
78 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 11
60
78 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 9
55
72 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
55
72 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
42
59 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 15
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 10
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 9
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Thursday Island
9 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Thursday Island
10 Species and 4 Subspecies | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798 | Bean blue | | Famegana alsulus alsulus Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | Black-spotted Grass-blue | | Ionolyce helicon (Felder C., 1860) | ⇒ Nacaduba helicon Felder, 1860 | | Jamides amarauge Druce, 1891 | Amarauge Cerulean | | Jamides phaseli Mathew, 1889 | Bean flower caterpillar | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Nacaduba cyanea arinia Oberthür, 1878 | Tailed Green-banded Blue | | Petrelaea dana de Nicéville, 1884 | Dana Blue | | Psychonotis caelius C. Felder & ..., 1860 | Small Green Banded Blue | | Psychonotis caelius taygetus C. Felder & ..., 1860 | Small Green-banded Blue | | Theclinesthes miskini arnoldi Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Wattle Blue |
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