Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide,[1] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae), and the harvesters (Miletinae).
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Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members...
myrmecophilous, eating ant larvae. Some larvae, especially those of the Lycaenidae, form mutual associations with ants. They communicate with the ants using...
present in all families of the Papilionoidea and more prominent in the Lycaenidae, Pieridae, and certain taxa of the Nymphalidae. Apart from color variation...
Rachana mioae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1978. Eliotia mioae H. Hayashi, 1978 was moved to Rachana...
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Some other extinct butterflies are prehistoric. See prehistoric butterflies. This is a list of recently extinct butterflies, their former ranges, and dates...
called the bean lycaenid or cotton square borer. It is a member of the Lycaenidae family, known as the gossamer-winged butterflies and the second-largest...
Epitolina larseni, the Larsen's epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the...
than they resemble each other. The delimitation from the closely related Lycaenidae by morphological autapomorphy is difficult. The first pair of legs of...
enemies. Myrmecophilous (ant-loving) caterpillars of the butterfly family Lycaenidae (e.g., blues, coppers, or hairstreaks) are herded by the ants, led to...
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...
This is a list of butterflies of Great Britain, including extinct, naturalised species and those of dubious origin. The list comprises butterfly species...
This is a list of butterflies of Saimbeyli, a district located on the middle section of the Taurus Mountains chain in the northern end of Adana Province...
JoTT. 260. Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken: Talicada nyseus nyseus (Lycaenidae) Media related to Kalanchoe pinnata at Wikimedia Commons Data related...
An estimated 150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the North Atlantic archipelago of the Azores...
This is a list of butterfly species found in the union territory of Chandigarh in India. Tirumala limniace (blue tiger) Danaus genutia (common tiger) Danaus...
yellow-whites, Pieridae Blues and coppers or gossamer-winged butterflies, Lycaenidae Metalmark butterflies, Riodinidae Brush-footed butterflies, Nymphalidae...
names Argus can be used for a taxon) Argus Scopoli, 1763 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) Argus Scopoli, 1777 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)...
This is a tentative list of butterflies found in Odisha, a state in India. Common Pierrot (Castalius rosimon) Rounded Pierrot (Tarucus extricatus) Butler...
Papilionoidea (the true butterfly families Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, and Riodinidae). All of these families are monophyletic. The Hedyloidea...
Tarsicio (1964). "Observations on the Life History of Callophrys Xami (Lycaenidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 18 (2): 85–89. Gledhill...
Smashing Pumpkins from the tour for Zeitgeist but not released on the album Lycaenidae, gossamer-winged butterflies Euphaeidae, "gossamer-wings" (damselflies)...
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