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LYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #refs #webs
Species Aricia agestis Schiffermuller, 1775 (Brown Argus)   9 2 6
Species Aricia artaxerxes F., 1793 (Northern Brown Argus)     1  
Species Callophrys rubi Linnaeus (Green Hairstreak)     1 1
Species Celastrina argiolus (Holly Blues) 1 2 3 7
Species Cupido minimus Fuessly, 1775 (Small Blue Butterfly)   6   1
Species Lampides boeticus Linnaeus (Long-tailed Blue)     1  
Species Lycaena dispar Haw. (Large Copper)     1 1
Species Lycaena phlaeas Linnaeus (Small Copper) 2 12 4 1
Species Maculinea arion L., 1758 (Large Blue)     1  
Species Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silver Studded Blue)   8 1  
Genus Polyommatus (a genus of blue butterflies) 4      
Species Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) (Adonis Blue Butterfly)   15 2 1
Species Polyommatus coridon (Poda) (Chalkhill Blue Butterfly) 1 4 3 2
Hybrid Polyommatus coridon x P. bellargus (Hybrid Chalkhill / Adonis Blue Butterfly)     1  
Species Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 (Common Blue Butterfly)   8   1
Species Quercusia quercus Linnaeus (Purple Hairstreak)   25 1 4
Species Satyrium pruni L., 1758 (Black Hairstreak)       1
Species Satyrium w-album Knoch, 1782 (White Letter Hairstreak)     1 3

Suggested Literature

LYCAENIDAE may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with LYCAENIDAE:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aplomya confinis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Lycaenidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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