List of butterflies of Europe (Lycaenidae)
This is a list of the Lycaenidae of Europe. It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.
Subfamily Aphnaeinae[]
- Tawny silverline, Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834)
Subfamily Lycaeninae[]
Tribe Lycaenini
- Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Large copper, Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
- Violet copper Lycaena helle Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Lycaena ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1830)
- Scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sooty copper, Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
- Iberian sooty copper, Oberthur, 1884 [1]
- Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Purple-edged copper, Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Balkan copper, Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]) [2]
- Lesser fiery copper, Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784)
- Golden copper, Lycaena thetis Klug 1834
Subfamily Polyommatinae[]
Tribe Polyommatini
- Nordic blue, Agriades aquilo (Boisduval, 1832) [3]
- Bosnian blue, Agriades dardanus (Freyer, 1844) [4]
- Arctic blue, Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798)
- Cranberry blue, Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781)
- Alpine argus, Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798)
- Gavarnie blue, Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840) [5]
- Brown argus, Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
- Blue argus, Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838)
- Northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
- Southern brown argus, Aricia cramera Eschscholtz, 1821
- Mountain argus, Verity, 1928 [6] [7]
- Spanish argus, Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)
- Silvery argus, Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
- Topaz-spotted blue, Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1847)
- Velvet-spotted blue, Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
- Geranium bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
- Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Provençal short-tailed blue, Cupido alcetas (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
- Short-tailed blue, Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
- Eastern short-tailed blue, Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886) [8]
- Lorquin's blue, Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
- Small blue, Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
- Osiris blue, Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
- Carswell's little blue, Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927
- Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Geranium argus, Eumedonia eumedon (Esper 1780)
- Grass jewel, Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845)
- (Eversmann, 1837) [9][10]
- Green-underside blue, Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
- Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
- Paphos blue, Glaucopsyche paphos Chapman, 1920 [11]
- Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
- Eastern brown argus, Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, 1851) [12] [13]
- Spanish zephyr blue, Kretania hesperica (Rambur, 1840)
- Cretan argus, (Freyer, 1845) [14]
- Zephyr blue, Kretania pylaon (Fischer von Waldheim, 1832)
- Zephyr blue, Kretania sephirus (Frivaldzky, 1835) [15]
- Alpine zephyr blue, Kretania trappi (Verity, 1927)
- Long-tailed blue, Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Lang's short-tailed blue, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Canary blue, Leptotes webbianus (Brullé, 1839)
- Persian grass blue, Luthrodes galba (Lederer, 1855)
- Spanish chalk-hill blue, Lysandra albicans (Gerhard, 1851)
- Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Azure chalkhill blue, (Vérity, 1921) [16]
- Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
- False chalkhill blue, Lysandra corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
- Leigheb, 1987
- Provence chalk-hill blue, Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
- Schurian, 1977
- Pontic blue, Neolysandra coelestina (Eversmann, 1843) [17] [18] [19]
- Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Large blue, Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dusky large blue, Phengaris nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779)
- Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius (Bergsträsser, 1779)
- Large jewel blue, Plebejidea loewii (Zeller, 1847) [20]
- Silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Reverdin's blue, Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, 1779)
- Bellier's Blue, (Oberthür, 1910) [21]
- Idas blue, Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Anomalous blue, Polyommatus admetus (Esper, 1783)
- Amanda's blue, Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792)
- Grecian anomalous blue, Polyommatus aroaniensis (Brown, 1976)
- (Austaut, 1879)
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) European Russia [22] [23]
- Damon blue, Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Polyommatus damone (Eversmann, 1841) Ukraine, Russia [24]
- Meleager's blue, Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Furry blue, Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823)
- Turquoise blue, Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Eros blue, Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
- Escher's blue, Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
- Oberthür’s anomalous blue, (Oberthür, 1910) [25]
- Catalonian furry blue, Polyommatus fulgens (De Sagarra, 1925)
- Sierra Nevada blue, Polyommatus golgus (Hübner, 1813)
- Piedmont anomalous blue, Polyommatus humedasae Toso & Balletto, 1976
- Common blue, Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Chelmos blue, Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) [26]
- Anatolian white-blue, (Freyer, 1837) [27]
- Higgins’s anomalous blue, Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978) [28]
- Mother-of-pearl blue, Polyommatus nivescens Keferstein, 1851
- Kolev's anomalous blue, Kolev, 2005 [29]
- Ripart's anomalous blue, Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
- Chapman's blue, Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
- Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya & Shapoval, 2016
- Andalusian anomalous blue, Polyommatus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)
- Sardinian blue, De Prins & van der Poorten, 1982[30]
- False baton blue, Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Pierret, 1837)
- Baton blue, Pseudophilotes baton (Bergsträsser, 1779)
- Bavius blue, Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832)
- Panoptes blue, Pseudophilotes panoptes (Hübner, 1813)
- Eastern baton blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865)
- Chequered blue, Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
- Balkan Pierrot, Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)
- Common tiger blue, Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Fischer's blue, Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843)
- Turanana taygetica (Rebel, 1902)
- Dark grass blue, Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
- African grass blue, Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
Subfamily Theclinae[]
Tribe Eumaeini
- Chapman's green hairstreak, Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
- Sovinsky's green hairstreak, , Sovinsky, 1905 Russia [31]
- Alpine green hairstreak, Callophrys suaveola (Staudinger, 1881) Russia [32]
- Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Neolycaena rhymnus (Eversmann, 1832)
- Sloe hairstreak, Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
- False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
- Ilex hairstreak, Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
- Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848)
- Black hairstreak, Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blue spot hairstreak, Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
- White-letter hairstreak, Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
Tribe Theclini
- Purple hairstreak, Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spanish purple hairstreak, Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
- Brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tribe Tomarini
- Provence hairstreak, Tomares ballus Fabricius, 1787
- Caucasian vernal copper, Tomares callimachus (Eversmann, 1848)
- Nogel's hairstreak, Tomares nogelii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)[33]
References[]
- ^ IUCN Redlist Lycaena bleusei
- ^ IUCN Redlist Lycaena candens
- ^ IUCN Redlist Plebejus aquilo
- ^ IUCN Redlist Plebejus dardanus
- ^ IUCN Redlist Plebejus pyrenaicus
- ^ Verity, R. (1928): Distinction de quelques races de l'Aricia medon Hüfn. [sic] et de l'espèce différente A. cramera Ersch. (Lep. Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1928 (11): 179-183. Paris.
- ^ Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle [ed]. (2003-2014): Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. [1]
- ^ Red Data Book of European Butterflies (Rhopalocera) Nature and Environment, No. 99
- ^ Eversmann, E. (1837) Kurze Notizen ueber einige Schmetterlinge Russlands. Als Beitræge zu Treitschkes Supplementen zu betrachten. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 1837 (1): 1-32. Moscou (Auguste Semen).
- ^ Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & R. Vila (2013) Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics, 29 (2): 166–192.
- ^ IUCN Redlist Glaucopsyche paphos
- ^ Wolfgang ten Hagen (2013) Eastern Brown Argus, Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, [1851]) und verwandte Taxa (Teil 2):Ergebnisse neuer Untersuchungen (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F. 34 (1/2): 39–50 (2013)online pdf
- ^ Kudrna, O., Harpke, A., Lux, K., Pennerstorfer, J., Schweiger,O., Settele, J. & M. Wiemers (2011): Distribution atlas of butterflies in Europe. – 576 S.; Halle a.d. Saale (Gesellschaft für Schmetterlingsschutz e.V.)
- ^ IUCN Redlist Plebejus psyloritus
- ^ IUCN Redlist Plebejus sephirus
- ^ IUCN Redlist Polyommatus caelestissima
- ^ Hristos T. Anastassiu & John G. Coutsi Polyommatus (Neolysandra) coelestina from central Greece (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Phegea 32 (4) (1.XII.2004): 153
- ^ Eversmann, E. (1843): Quædam lepidopterorum species novæ, in montibus Uralensibus et Altaicis habitantes, nunc descriptæ et depictæ. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 16 (3): 535-555, pl. VII-X.
- ^ Tshikolovets, V. V. (2011): Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean area. 544 S.: Pardubice, Czech Republic (Tshikolovets Puplications).
- ^ G. Khanamirian K. Aghababyan A. Danchenko (2011) Fauna of Butterflies of Meghri mountain ridge of Armenia pdf
- ^ IUCN Redlist Plebejus bellieri
- ^ Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1843–56. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jakob Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg, In Commission bei G. J. Manz. Vols: 1–3; Vols: 4–5; Vol. 6.
- ^ Dantchenko, A. & Lukhtanov, V. 1993. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Arten der Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone-Gruppe Südosteuropas und Südwestsibiriens (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 75–83.
- ^ Dantchenko, A. & Lukhtanov, V. 1993. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Arten der Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone-Gruppe Südosteuropas und Südwestsibiriens (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 75–83.
- ^ IUCN Redlist Polyommatus fabressei
- ^ IUCN Redlist Polyommatus iphigenia
- ^ Tshikolovets, V. V. (2011) Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean area.544 S.: Pardubice, Czech Republic (Tshikolovets Puplications).
- ^ IUCN Redlist Polyommatus nephohiptamenos
- ^ IUCN Redlist Polyommatus orphicus
- ^ IUCN Redlist Pseudophilotes barbagiae
- ^ Sovinsky, V., 1905. Trois nouvelles formes de Lepidopteres du Caucase. [In Russian] Revue Russe Entomologique 5(3/4): 108-110
- ^ Staudinger, 1881 Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Central-Asiens Stettin ent. Ztg 42 (7-9): 253-300, (10-12): 393-424
- ^ IUCN Redlist Tomares nogelii
- Higgins, L.G. & Riley, N.D. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 9780002120289
- Tshikolovets, V.V. Butterflies of Europe and Mediterranean Area. Tshikolovets, Kiev ISBN 9788090490000
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