Lycaenopsis | |
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Lycaenopsis haraldus cornuta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Lycaenopsis C. & R. Felder, [1865] |
Species | |
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Lycaenopsis is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. [1]
The holly blue is a butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family and is native to the Palearctic.
Lycaenopsis minima, the tiny hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Lycaenopsis transpectus, the white-banded hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Celastrina cardia, the pale hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Celastrina huegeli, the large hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Polyommatini is a tribe of lycaenid butterflies in the subfamily of Polyommatinae. These were extensively studied by Russian novelist and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov.
Monodontides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the bordering Palearctic realm.
Plautella is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a monotypic genus containing Plautella cossaea found in the Indomalayan realm Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
The Appalachian azure is a butterfly in the gossamer wings family Lycaenidae. The male is light blue on the upperwing with a narrow, dark line running along the edge of the forewing. The underwing is chalky white and is dotted with small, pale dark spots. The very back of the hindwing has a row of dark spots running along the edge and contained by a faint zigzagging band. Females are similar to the males but have broad dark wing borders instead of the male's narrow ones. The adult butterfly has a 1.1–1.4-inch (2.8–3.6 cm) wingspan. It is the largest azure in the area.
Celastrina ladon, the spring azure or echo blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra, through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and peninsula Florida; south in the mountains to Colombia, also on Molokai island, Hawaii.
Monodontides apona is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Mindanao in the Philippines.
Monodontides argioloides is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Monodontides luzonensis is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.
Monodontides kolari is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Sulawesi.
Monodontides cara is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Sulawesi.
Udara selma is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-east Asia.
Lycaenopsis haraldus, Felder's Hedge Blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Celastrina philippina is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm and which crosses the Wallace Line into the Australasian realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.