Glaucopsyche
Encyclopedia
Glaucopsyche, commonly called Blues, is a genus of butterfly
in the family Lycaenidae
, found mainly in Asia
. For other blues see subfamily Polyommatinae
. For other Blues see genus Plebejus.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
, found mainly in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. For other blues see subfamily Polyommatinae
Polyommatinae
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies . It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents are in need of revision...
. For other Blues see genus Plebejus.
Species
- Glaucopsyche alexisGlaucopsyche alexisThe Green-Underside Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Europe.The butterfly flies from April to July depending on the location, on warm lush meadows with plenty of hostplant ....
(Poda, 1761) – Green-underside Blue - Glaucopsyche alluaudi Oberthür, 1922
- Glaucopsyche argali (Elwes, 1899)
- Glaucopsyche arizonensis McDunnough, 1936
- Glaucopsyche astraea (Freyer, 1852)
- Glaucopsyche charybdis (Staudinger, 1886)
- Glaucopsyche damaetas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Glaucopsyche exerces (Boisduval, 1852)
- Glaucopsyche grumi (Forster, 1938)
- Glaucopsyche iphicles (Staudinger, 1886)
- Glaucopsyche kurnakovi (Kurentzov, 1970)
- Glaucopsyche laetifica (Püngeler, 1898)
- Glaucopsyche lycormas (Butler, 1866)
- Glaucopsyche lygdamusGlaucopsyche lygdamusThe Silvery Blue is a small butterfly native to North America. Upperside is a light blue in males, a dull grayish blue in females. Underside is gray with single row of round spots of differing sizes depending upon region.G...
(Doubleday, 1842) – Silvery Blue- Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita (Tilden, 1974) – Behr's Blue
- Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis – Palos Verdes BluePalos Verdes BlueThe Palos Verdes Blue is a small endangered butterfly native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California. As its distribution has been proven to be limited to one single site it has one of the best claims to being the world's rarest butterfly.- Overview :Palos Verdes...
- Glaucopsyche melanopsGlaucopsyche melanopsThe Black-Eyed Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Western part of Southern Europe and North Africa....
(Boisduval, 1829) – Black-eyed Blue - Glaucopsyche mertila (Edwards, 1866)
- Glaucopsyche paphos Chapman, 1920 – Paphos Blue (endemic to Cyprus)
- Glaucopsyche pauper (Verity, 1919)
- Glaucopsyche piasusGlaucopsyche piasusThe Arrowhead Blue is a western North American butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a locally common butterfly that favors prairie, open woodland, and woodland edges and trails.-External links:*, Butterflies of Canada...
(Boisduval, 1852) – Arrowhead Blue - Glaucopsyche seminigra Howarth & Povolny, 1976
- †Glaucopsyche xerces (Boisduval, 1852) – Xerces BlueXerces BlueThe Xerces Blue is an extinct species of butterfly in the gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaenidae. The species lived in coastal sand dunes of the Sunset District of San Francisco. The Xerces Blue is believed to be the first American butterfly species to become extinct as a result of loss of...
(extinct)