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Lycaenidae

426 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Lycaenidae

Cyaniris semiargus (von Rottemburg, 1775)

Cyaniris semiargus, the Mazarine blue, is a Palearctic butterfly with sexual dimorphism that has declined in parts of Europe.

Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius, 1793)

Hemiargus ceraunus, the Ceraunus blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found from the southern US to South America.

Hemiargus hanno (Stoll, 1790)

Hemiargus hanno, the hanno blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly species found across parts of South America and the Caribbean.

Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)

Aricia morronensis is a butterfly species found in July at 1000 ft in the Sierra Nevada, with distinct wing markings.

Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Aricia agestis is a very common small butterfly with a wide geographic range across Eurasia and North Africa.

Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821)

This is Seitz's description of the butterfly variant Aricia cramera, found in the Canaries and rarely in Algerian mountains.

Aricia montensis Verity, 1928

Aricia montensis is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in Spanish and North African mountains, whose larvae feed on three plant genera.

Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)

Aricia artaxerxes, the northern brown argus, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across much of the Palearctic realm.

Pseudoaricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)

Pseudoaricia nicias is a rare high-altitude blue butterfly found in Europe and Asian mountain ranges that feeds on Geranium.

Echinargus isola (Reakirt, 1866)

Reakirt's blue (Echinargus isola) is the only species in the monotypic genus Echinargus, a Lycaenidae butterfly found in North and Central America.

Chilades laius (Cramer, 1782)

Chilades laius (Cramer, 1782) has distinct wet- and dry-season forms with differing appearance between sexes.

Chilades parrhasius (Fabricius, 1793)

This is a detailed morphological description of the butterfly Chilades parrhasius, covering both wet-season and dry-season broods, for males and females.

Cyclargus thomasi (Clench, 1941)

Cyclargus thomasi is a Lycaenidae butterfly species found in North America and the West Indies.

Vacciniina optilete (Knoch, 1781)

Vacciniina optilete is a holarctic blue butterfly with multiple described forms living in moors and damp northern/alpine habitats.

Albulina orbitulus (von Prunner, 1798)

Albulina orbitulus is a butterfly with specific wing markings, a June–August flight season, and larvae that feed on certain legume species.

Agriades pyrenaica (Boisduval, 1840)

Agriades pyrenaica, the Gavarnie blue, is a Palearctic lycaenid butterfly found across parts of Eurasia in alpine meadows.

Agriades podarce

Agriades podarce is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in western North American subalpine meadows.

Agriades glandon (von Prunner, 1798)

Agriades glandon is a butterfly found across North America, Europe, and Russia, with distinct wing markings and specific larval food plants.

Freyeria putli (Kollar)

This is a detailed 1880 description of the butterfly Freyeria putli, covering both male and female wing markings.

Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845)

This is a detailed morphological description of male and female Freyeria trochylus, covering wing coloration and marking variation.

Luthrodes galba

Luthrodes galba is a butterfly species recognizable by specific wing markings, recorded from Syria and reported from Egypt.

Luthrodes pandava

Luthrodes pandava, the Plains Cupid or cycad blue, is a lycaenid butterfly found across parts of Asia and Southeast Asia that breeds on toxic cycads.

Icaricia lupini

Icaricia lupini, the lupine blue, is a North American Lycaenidae butterfly whose caterpillar hairs cause skin irritation.

Icaricia neurona

Icaricia neurona, the veined blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly species endemic to Southern California's mountains.

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