Glaucopsyche alexis

Glaucopsyche alexis <♀,♂> Spain.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Glaucopsyche
Species: Glaucopsyche alexis
Subspecies: G. a. alexis –G. a. antolinezi –G. a. helena –G. a. lopedevega –G. a. melanoposmater –G. a. mironi –G. a. morena –G. a. safidensis –G. a. superornata –G. a. velada –G. a. viriato

Name

Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)

Type locality: Greece.

Typus: repository tbc

Synonymy

• Papilio alexis Poda, 1761: 77.
• Papilio cyllarus Rottemburg, 1775: 20.
• Lycaena cyllarus aeruginosa (var.) Staudinger, 1881: 285. Type locality: 'Ala Tau'. Syntypes 2♂,♀, MNHU - see Nekrutenko, 2000: 201.
• Lycaena alexis ab. ♀ casanensis Krulikovsky, 1890: 223.
• Lycaena alexis ab. ♀ caerulea Courvoisier, 1913: 293.
• Glaucopsyche alexis alexis [Poda]; Bridges, 1994: VIII.19, IX.45.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Caradja, 1893. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Grossschmetterlinge des "Departement de la Haute-Garonne". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 6: 161-240. Reference page. 
• Courvoisier, L.G., 1913. Einige neue oder wenig bekannte Lycaenen-Formen (Lep). Entomologische Mitteilungen 2(10): 289-297. Reference page. 
• Coutsis, 1976. Spring Butterflies on the Island of Skyros, Greece. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 88(2)ː 33-37, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F., 1934. Some notes on the nomenclature of Palaearctic and African Rhopalocera. Stylops 3(5): 97–99. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1934.tb01555.x Reference page. 
• Korb, S.K., 2012. Contribution to the systematics and distribution of lycaenid butterflies of the genus Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 43: 173–180. PDF Reference page. 
• Krulikovsky, L., 1890. Essais d'un catalogue des Lépidoptères du gouvernement Kasan. {in Russian]. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 4: 200–251, pl. 8. BHL. Reference page. 
• Nekrutenko, Y., 2000. A catalogue of the type specimens of Palaearctic Riodinidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) deposited in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Nota lepidopterologica 23 (3/4): 192–352. BHL. Reference page. 
• Poda, N. 1761. Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei digessit. Widmanstad (Graz?) (viii)+127+(12) pp, 2 (or 12) pls (sm 8vo). PDF Reference page. 
• Rottemburg, S.A. von, 1775. Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Erste Abtheilung. Der Naturforscher 6: 1–34. Online. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O. 1881. Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Central-Asiens. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 42: 253-300. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Green-underside Blue
suomi: Virnasinisiipi
français: Azuré des cytises
日本語: ツバメシジミ
中文: 燕藍灰蝶

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