🦋 Family

Lycaenidae

426 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Lycaenidae

Caleta roxus

Caleta roxus is a butterfly found across South and Southeast Asia down to New Guinea, with distinct male and female wing patterns.

Caleta decidia

Caleta decidia is a butterfly species with distinct wing markings found across South and Southeast Asia.

Caleta elna

Caleta elna is a butterfly species with distinct black and white wing markings found across South and Southeast Asia.

Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)

Tarucus sybaris, the dotted blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in southern Africa that feeds on Ziziphus as larvae.

Tarucus nara

Tarucus nara (striped Pierrot) is a small blue family butterfly found in Sri Lanka and south India.

Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)

Tarucus theophrastus is a butterfly species with distinct male and female wing patterns, distributed across Africa and South Asia.

Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885

Tarucus rosacea is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across parts of Africa and Arabia, associated with Ziziphus plants and certain ants.

Tarucus thespis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Tarucus thespis, the fynbos or vivid blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly native to South Africa.

Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)

Tarucus balkanica is a butterfly species with distinct male and female upperside appearances and characteristic underside patterning.

Discolampa ethion (Westwood, 1851)

Discolampa ethion is a butterfly species described with detailed morphological traits for adults, larvae, pupae, and a documented range across South and Southeast Asia.

Psychonotis caelius (Felder, 1860)

Psychonotis caelius, the small green banded blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in parts of Australia and New Guinea.

Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864)

Zintha hintza is a butterfly species native to tropical eastern and southern Africa with three recognized subspecies.

Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1847)

Azanus jesous is a butterfly species with distinct physical differences between its male and female individuals compared to related Azanus ubaldus.

Azanus ubaldus (Cramer, 1782)

Azanus ubaldus (Cramer, 1782) is a butterfly with distinct sexual dimorphism and notable color variation across South African regions.

Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)

Azanus mirza, the pale babul blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in the Afrotropical realm whose larvae feed on Acacia and Allophylus.

Azanus natalensis (Trimen, 1887)

Azanus natalensis is a butterfly with specific size ranges, seasonal flight patterns, and Acacia-feeding larvae.

Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)

Azanus moriqua is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in the Afrotropical realm, whose larvae feed on Acacia species.

Una usta (Distant, 1886)

Una usta, the una, is a small blues family butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.

Pseudonacaduba sichela (Wallengren, 1857)

Pseudonacaduba sichela is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in sub-Saharan Africa, with larvae likely feeding on Mundulea sericea.

Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, 1884)

Petrelaea dana is a butterfly species found across South Asia with distinct male and female wing colouration and patterns.

Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897

Cacyreus marshalli, the geranium bronze butterfly, is a small Southern African butterfly introduced to Europe, with researched control options.

Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782)

Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, 1782) is a common butterfly widespread across most of lower-altitude sub-Saharan Africa.

Catochrysops strabo (Fabricius, 1793)

Catochrysops strabo, the forget-me-not, is a small Asian lycaenid butterfly first described in 1793.

Catochrysops panormus (Felder, 1860)

The silver forget-me-not, Catochrysops panormus, is a small lycaenid butterfly first described in 1860, ranging from India to Australia.

Related Families

Noctuidae 1315 species Erebidae 1232 species Geometridae 1132 species Nymphalidae 849 species Crambidae 700 species Tortricidae 445 species Hesperiidae 380 species Sphingidae 296 species

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