Checklist for Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 (The Blues)
and region Western Cape (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 528
5425
11871 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 526
5418
11860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
5315
11672 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 332
4419
10200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 71
1255
2808 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 70
1251
2798 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 67
1237
2748 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 24
751
1740 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
686
1616 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
177
414 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 74
209 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 31
70 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 29
64 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Western Cape
29 Genera with 64 Species #ABCDEGHIJLOPTZ
| Actizera Chapman, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Azanus Moore, 1782 | Babul Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1860 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1782 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1843 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1767 | Tailed Blues | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cupidopsis Karsch, 1824 | Meadow blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danis Fabricius, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1923 | Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harpendyreus Heron, 1868 | Mountain Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1790 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1921 | Ceruleans | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1964 | Giant Cupids | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | Orachrysops Vári & Kroon, 1986 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Oraidium Bethune-Baker, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1852 | Small Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1825 | Meadow Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1764 | Blue pierrots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908 | | 1 | 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 Western Cape
64 Species and 10 Subspecies | Actizera lucida Trimen, 1883 | Rayed Blue | | Azanus jesous Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | African Babul Blue | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Azanus ubaldus Stoll, 1782 | Bright Babul Blue | | Brephidium metophis Wallengren, 1860 | Tinktinkie Blue | | Cacyreus dicksoni Pennington, 1962 | Dickson's Geranium Bronze | | Cacyreus lingeus Stoll, 1782 | Bush Bronze | | Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 | Brun des pélargoniums | | Cacyreus palemon Cramer, 1782 | Water Blue | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | Grass Jewel | | Cupido amyntula nesiotes J. Emmel & T..., 1998 | Western Tailed-Blue | | Cupido fracta Grünberg, 1912 | | | Cupido messapus Godart, 1823 | | | Cupido methymna Trimen, 1862 | | | Cupido thespis Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Cupidopsis cissus Godart, 1824 | Common Meadow Blue | | Danis danis serapis Miskin, 1891 | Large Green-banded Blue | | Eicochrysops messapus messapus Godart, 1824 | Cupreous Blue | | Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923 | Ashen Smoky Blue | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Harpendyreus notoba Trimen, 1868 | Salvia Blue | | Harpendyreus tsomo Trimen, 1868 | Tsomo Blue | | Hemiargus hanno ceraunus Fabricius, 1793 | | | Hemiargus hanno hanno (Stoll, 1790) | ⇒ Hemiargus hanno ceraunus Fabricius, 1793 | | Ionolyce helicon hyllus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Bronze Line-blue | | Jamides celeno Cramer, 1775 | Common Caerulean | | Jamides euchylas phasis Fruhstorfer, 1921 | | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lepidochrysops asteris Godart, 1823 | Brilliant Blue | | Lepidochrysops australis Tite, 1964 | Southern Blue | | Lepidochrysops bacchus Riley & Corbet, 1938 | Wineland Blue | | Lepidochrysops balli Dickson, 1985 | Ball's Blue | | Lepidochrysops braueri Dickson, 1966 | Brauer's Blue | | Lepidochrysops dukei Cottrell, 1965 | Duke's Blue | | Lepidochrysops gydoae Dickson, 1986 | Gydo Blue | | Lepidochrysops ignota Trimen, 1887 | Zulu Blue | | Lepidochrysops ketsi Cottrell, 1965 | Ketsi Blue | | Lepidochrysops letsia Trimen, 1870 | | | Lepidochrysops littoralis Swanepoel, 1983 | Coastal Blue | | Lepidochrysops loewensteini Swanepoel, 1951 | Loewenstein's Blue | | Lepidochrysops methymna Trimen, 1862 | Monkey Blue | | Lepidochrysops ortygia Trimen, 1887 | Koppie Blue | | Lepidochrysops patricia Trimen, 1887 | Patricia Blue | | Lepidochrysops pringlei Dickson, 1982 | Pringle's Blue | | Lepidochrysops puncticilia Trimen, 1883 | Mouse Blue | | Lepidochrysops quickelbergei Swanepoel, 1969 | Pale Blue Nimble Blue | | Lepidochrysops robertsoni Cottrell, 1965 | Robertson's Blue | | Lepidochrysops swartbergensis Swanepoel, 1969 | Swartberg Blue | | Lepidochrysops titei Dickson, 1976 | Tite's Blue | | Lepidochrysops trimeni Bethune-Baker, 1922 | Trimen's Blue | | Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell, 1965 | Variable Blue | | Lepidochrysops wykehami Tite, 1964 | Wykeham's Blue | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Oraidium barberae Trimen, 1868 | Dwarf Blue | | Plebejus anna lotis Lintner, 1878 | Anna´s Blue | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Polyommatus dama damalis Riley, 1921 | | | Polyommatus icarus lacon Jermyns, 1825 | | | Tarucus thespis Linnaeus, 1764 | Fynbos Blue | | Thaumaina uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908 | | | 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 Western Cape
Links, sources and further information Polyommatini at artfakta.se
Polyommatini at dyntaxa.se
Polyommatini at itis.gov
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