Lycaenidae
Maculinea arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
Maculinea arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
Maculinea arion, the large blue butterfly, is a large Lycaenid butterfly with specific habitat requirements across the Palearctic.
Maculinea nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
Maculinea nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)
Maculinea nausithous is a butterfly species found across Central Asia with distinct wing markings that lives in damp meadows.
Phengaris teleius (Virgstrassir, 1779)
Phengaris teleius (Virgstrassir, 1779)
Phengaris teleius is a butterfly found across Europe (except England) and adjacent Asia, with varied forms and larvae feeding on Sanguisorba.
Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1776
Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1776
Maculinea alcon is a butterfly species found across Central Europe and North Asia that feeds only on gentian plants as a caterpillar.
Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser, 1779)
Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasser, 1779)
Pseudophilotes baton is a small blue butterfly found from Europe to Central Asia, with related taxa described and known larval hosts.
Pseudophilotes baton panoptes (Hübner)
Pseudophilotes baton panoptes (Hübner)
Pseudophilotes baton panoptes is a small blue butterfly taxon found across Eurasia and North Africa with described forms and life history details.
Pseudophilotes baton vicrama (Moore, 1865)
Pseudophilotes baton vicrama (Moore, 1865)
Pseudophilotes baton vicrama is a blue butterfly taxon with described forms, larval host plants, and a wide Eurasian and North African range.
Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Pierret, 1837)
Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Pierret, 1837)
Pseudophilotes abencerragus, the false baton blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Pseudophilotes bavius (Ivirsmann, 1832)
Pseudophilotes bavius (Ivirsmann, 1832)
Pseudophilotes bavius, the Bavius blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across parts of North Africa, Europe, and western Asia.
Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
Scolitantides orion is a butterfly species found across Eurasia, with described variants and a life cycle tied to Sedum host plants.
Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
This is a description of the butterfly Iolana iolas, covering its appearance, range, life cycle, and habitat.
Turanana panagea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Turanana panagea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Turanana panagea is a butterfly identifiable by a shifted wing spot, found across West and Central Asia, whose larvae feed on Acantholimon plants.
Lycaena cyna Edwards, 1882
Lycaena cyna Edwards, 1882
Zizula cyna, the cyna blue butterfly, is a small blue butterfly found across southern North America to South America.
Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
Zizula hylax, the tiny grass blue, is a butterfly found across Africa, Asia, Oceania that feeds on Acanthaceae plants.
Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
Brephidium exilis is a small butterfly with a 12–20 mm wingspan, native to the Americas and introduced to the Persian Gulf region.
Brephidium isophthalma (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862)
Brephidium isophthalma (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862)
Brephidium isophthalma is a pygmy blue butterfly in the Lycaenidae family from the disjunctly distributed genus Brephidium.
Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860)
Brephidium metophis (Wallengren, 1860)
Brephidium metophis, the tinktinkie blue, is a southern African Lycaenidae butterfly whose larvae feed on Exomis axyrioides.
Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775)
Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775)
Leptotes cassius (Cassius blue) is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in the Americas, referenced in the novel Special Topics in Calamity Physics.
Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)
Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)
Leptotes marina is a small blue-winged species that lives in open weedy sites and deserts across North America.
Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
Leptotes plinius is a butterfly species closely resembling Tarucus theophrastus with distinct underside markings, found across Afro-Eurasia.
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptotes pirithous is a small butterfly found across southern Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia, that prefers varied open habitats.
Cyclyrius webbianus (Brullé, 1840)
Cyclyrius webbianus (Brullé, 1840)
Cyclyrius webbianus is a butterfly found only on the Canary Islands with distinct patterned wing undersides.
Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Talicada nyseus is a black and orange butterfly found across South Asia, whose larvae feed on Kalanchoe plants.
Everes lacturnus Godart
Everes lacturnus Godart
Everes lacturnus assamica, described by Harry Tytler in 1915, differs from Chilades parrhasius in several wing traits.
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