Glaucopsyche
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Glaucopsyche alexis
- Glaucopsyche argali
- Glaucopsyche astraea
- Glaucopsyche charybdis
- Glaucopsyche kurnakovi
- Glaucopsyche laetifica
- Glaucopsyche lycormas
- Glaucopsyche lygdamus
- Glaucopsyche melanops
- Glaucopsyche piasus
- Glaucopsyche seminigra
Introduction
A Holarctic genus, with two species in North America, one in north Africa, and the remainder in Eurasia. The extinct G. xerces (Boisduval, 1852) from the San Francisco Bay area of California is viewed as a subspecies of G. lygdamus.
References
Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Tuzov, V. K., Bogdanov, P. V., Devyatkin, A. L., Kaabak, L. V., Korolev, V. A., Murzin, V. S., Samodurov, G. D. & Tarasov, E. A. 1997 Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Sofia: Pensoft.
Title Illustrations
| Location | about 10 miles east of McGaffey in Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Jerry Oldenettel |
| Scientific Name | Glaucopsyche lygdamus |
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| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Silvery Blue |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Brad Smith |
| Scientific Name | Glaucopsyche alexis |
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| Location | Tosos, Zaragoza, Spain |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Glaucopsyche alexis |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Isidro Martínez |
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