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Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872

Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 54, TS: Polyommatus lygdamus Doubleday
Phaedrotes Scudder, 1876; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 3: 115, TS: Lycaena catalina Reakirt

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Apelles Hemming, 1931

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Bajluana Korshunov, 1990; (included for the time being), TS: Lycaena argali Elwes
Shijimia ; dos Passos, 1964, not Matsumura, 1919
Glaucopsyche (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 151]
Phaedrotes (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449
Apelles (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449
Glaucopsyche (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449; [Opler]
Glaucopsyche (Polyommatinae) ; [NL4A, 138]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Scolitantides; auth., not Hübner, 1819
Nomiades; auth., not Hübner, 1819

Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)

SEU, CEU, !SWEU, Caucasus, S.Siberia, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Mongolia. See [About maps] Virnasinisiipi Green-underside Blue Klöverblåvinge Ärtblåvinge Manchas verdes Modraszek aleksis
Papilio alexis Poda, 1761; Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 77, TL: Austria, Harz
Papilio cyllarus Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6: 20
Lycaena cyllarus var. aeruginosa Staudinger, 1881; Stettin ent. Ztg 42 (7-9): 285, TL: Ala Tau
Lycaena alexis ab. ♀ casanensis Krulikovsky, 1890; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou (n.s.) 4 (2) : 223
Lycaena alexis ab. ♀ caerulea Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10) : 293
subalexis Obraztsov, 1936
tshatkala (Korb, 1997)
Glaucopsyche alexis, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Glaucopsyche alexis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Glaucopsyche alexis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Glaucopsyche alexis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Glaucopsyche alexis, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Glaucopsyche alexis, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Glaucopsyche alexis aeruginosa ;
Glaucopsyche alexis ; [BARU, #368]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 9, f. 21]; [BRU2: 151, pl. 65, f. 1-6]; [Otakar Kudrna]

450x327 (~34Kb) underside Turunc, SW Turkey 11/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

533x400 (~44Kb) underside A road in an oak forest on the coastal mountains being a lowered western extreme of the Great Caucasus, in the vicinity of the railway station Grushovaya Balka, Novorossiisk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 29th June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Leguminosae, Lathyrus pratensis, Vicia sepium, V. cracca, Hedysarum alpinum [SPRK], Medicago, Astragalus, Onobrychis, Chamaecytisus, Genista [BARU], Hedysarum songoricum, (Zailiisky Alatau) [BRU2, 151]

G. a. alexis

SEU, CEU, S.Siberia, Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz Glaucopsyche alexis alexis ; [BRU2: 151]

G. a. blachieri (Milliére, 1887)

Carpathians Glaucopsyche alexis blachieri ; [BRU2, 151]

G. a. lugens (Caradja, 1893)

Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh Glaucopsyche alexis lugens ; [BRU2, 151]

G. a. melanoposmater Verity, 1928

Tunisia, Algeria Glaucopsyche cyllarus melanoposmater Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1928: 141, TL: Aflou (Algeria)
Glaucopsyche alexis melanoposmater ; [BMAT: 35, pl. 11, f. 44-46]

Larva on Coronilla varia, Medicago sativa, M. lupulina, Melilotus officinalis, Trifolium repens, T. pratense, Vicia cracca, Lotus sp., Pisum sp., Phaseolus sp., Gentiana sp., Astragalus sp., Onobrychis spp., Cytisus [BMAT]

Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1829)

SWEU, Morocco, Algeria. See [About maps] Black-eyed Blue Escamas azules
Polyommatus melanops Boisduval, 1829; Eur. Lepid. Index Meth.: 13, TL: France
Glaucopsyche melanops, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Glaucopsyche melanops, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Glaucopsyche melanops, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Glaucopsyche melanops ; [BOW: pl. 9, f. 23]; [Otakar Kudrna]

450x392 (~33Kb) upperside Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

450x371 (~27Kb) underside Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Dorycnium, Genista, Lotus, (in the flowers) [H&R]

G. m. algirica (Heyne, 1895)

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, S.Spain Lycaena melanops var. algirica Heyne, 1895; in Rühl, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 (Tagfalter): 768, TL: Nemours, Maeta, Lambessa (Algeria)
Glaucopsyche melanops algirica ; [BMAT: 36, pl. 11, f. 31-37]

600x435 (~47Kb) underside Morocco, Djebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Ononis atlantica, Adenocarpus anagyrifolius, Hedysarum, Dorycnium decumbens, D. suffruticosum, Genista sp., Lotus hispidus [BMAT]

G. m. alluaudi (Oberthür, 1922)

Morocco Lycaena melanops var. alluaudis Oberthür, 1922; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 19 (1): 113, TL: Glaoui, Reraya, Asni, Arround (Morocco)
Glaucopsyche melanops alluaudi ; [BMAT: 36, pl. 11, f. 38-43]

600x435 (~36Kb) underside Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

600x435 (~26Kb) underside Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

Larva on Adenocarpus anagyrifolius [BMAT]

Glaucopsyche charybdis (Staudinger, 1886)

Amu-Darja River vally, S.Ghissar, Fergana. See [About maps] Lycaena charybdis Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 226, TL: umgenged Margelan und Namangan [Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan]
exuta (Schultz, 1906)
Glaucopsyche charybdis ; [BRU2: 152, pl. 64, f. 61-63]

Glaucopsyche piasus (Boisduval, 1852)

W.USA. See [About maps] Arrowhead Blue
Lycaena piasus Boisduval, 1852; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 : 299
viaca (Edwards, 1871)
Glaucopsyche piasus, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Glaucopsyche piasus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Lycaena piasus ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 105
Cyaniris ladon piasus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Glaucopsyche piasus ; [NACL, #4371]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1088]

Larva on Lupinus argenteus, Lupinus hirsutissimus, L. albifrons, L. caudatus, L. excubitus ssp. halli, Astragalus [BNA]

G. p. sagittigera (C. & R. Felder, [1865])

California Lycaena sagittigera C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 281, pl. 35, f. 20-21, TL: [California]
Lycaena catalina Reakirt, 1866; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3) : 244, TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1088a]

Lycaena lorquini Behr, 1867; (preocc. Herrich-Schäffer, 1850), TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1088a]

Lycaena rhaea Boisduval, 1869; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1088a]

Phaedrotes piasus var. catalina ab. gorgonioi Gunder, 1923; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1088a]

Lycaena sagittigera ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 103
Glaucopsyche piasus catalina ; [NACL, #4371a]
Phaedrotes sagittigera ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43
Phaedrotus sagittigera ; [BOW: pl. 20, f. 12]
Glaucopsyche piasus sagittigera ; [NL4A, #1088a]

G. p. daunia (Edwards, 1871)

Lycaena daunia Edwards, 1871; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 272, TL: Colorado
Glaucopsyche piasus daunia ; [NACL, #4371c]

G. p. toxeuma Brown, 1971

Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma ; [NACL, #4371d]

G. p. nevada Brown, 1975

Nevada, ... Glaucopsyche (Phaedrotes) piasus nevada Brown, 1975; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 77 (4) : 501, TL: Bob Scott Campgroun, Toiyabe National Forest, Lander Co., Nevada, 7300-7500ft
Glaucopsyche piasus nevada ; [NACL, #4371b]

G. p. umbrosa Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

California Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; , TL: California
Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa ; [NL4A, #1088b]

Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Doubleday, 1841)

N.America. See [About maps] Silvery Blue
Polyommatus lygdamus Doubleday, 1841; Entomologist 1 : 209, TL: N. America
Glaucopsyche nittanyensis Chermock, 1944
Glaucopsyche lygdamus boydi Clark, 1948; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 50 (7) : 176, TL: ♂ Ice Mountain, Hampshire Co., West Virginia
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Nomiades lygdamas[sic] ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43
Glaucopsyche lygdamus ; [NACL, #4372]; [BARU, #367]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 20]; [BNA: 399, pl. 35, f. 395]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1087]

identification uncertain 600x556 (~35Kb) underside USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°18N 120°34W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela

identification uncertain 600x504 (~47Kb) underside USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°57'51N 121°28'53W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Astragalus miser, A. adsurgens, Astragalus trichopodus ssp. leucopsis, Hedysarum boreale, Lathyrus venosus, L. japonicus, L. ochroleucus, Lathyrus jepsonii var. californicus, Lotus scoparius, L. purshianus, Lupinus ammophilus, L. argenteus, L. polycarpus, L. arboreus, L. succulentus, L. bakeri, L. caudatus, L. floribundus, L. parviflorus, L. sericeus, L. variicolor, L. arcticus var. subalpinus, L. polyphyllus var. superbus, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, Oxytropis lambertii, Thermopsis montana, Thermopsis divaricarpa, Vicia villosa, V. caroliniana, V. sativa, V. cracca, V. gigantea, V. americana [BNA]

G. l. couperi Grote, 1874

couperi Grote, 1874; REF#aa: 185
mcdunnoughi Gunder, 1927
macdunnoughi dos Passos, 1964; (emend.)
?pembina Strecker

= Nomiades couperii Grote, 1874; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43

Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Nomiades couperii ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43
Glaucopsyche couper ; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 19 (text only)]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi ; [NACL, #4372a]

G. l. afra (Edwards, 1883)

Glaucopsyche lygdamus afra ; [NACL, #4372b]

G. l. mildredi Chermock, 1944

Glaucopsyche lygdamus mildredi ; [NACL, #4372c]

G. l. oro Scudder, 1876

oro Scudder, 1876; Can. Ent. 8 (2) : 23
leussleri Gunder, 1927
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Nomiades lygdamas[sic] oro ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro ; [NACL, #4372d]

G. l. maritima (Weeks, 1902)

Baja California Lycaena maritima Weeks, 1902; Proc. New England Zool. Club 3 : 13, TL: Mexico, Baja California Sur
Glaucopsyche lygdamus maritima ; [NL4A, #1087b]

G. l. orcus (Edwards, 1869)

California Glaucopsyche behri[sic] australis Grinnell, 1917; Can. Ent. 49 (10) : 350, TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1087c]

Glaucopsyche lygdamus behrii r. australis ab. sinepunctata Comstock, 1926; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1087c]

Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus orcus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
sinepuncta ; McDounnough, 1938, (missp.)
Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis ; [NACL, #4372g]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus orcus ; [NL4A, #1087c]

G. l. columbia (Skinner, 1917)

Lycaena lygdamus columbia Skinner, 1917; Ent. News 28 (5) : 213
Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia ; [NACL, #4372i]

G. l. arizonensis McDunnough, 1936

Arizona Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis McDunnough, 1936; Can. ent. 68: 113, TL: White Mts., Arizona
Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis ; [NACL, #4372f]; [NL4A, #1087a]

G. l. jacki Stallings & Turner, 1947

Glaucopsyche lygdamus jacki ; [NACL, #4372e]

G. l. incognita Tilden, 1974

California Behr's Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita Tilden, 1974; J. of Research on the Lepid. 12 (4): (213-215) (repl. behrii Auct., not Edwards), TL: Alum Rock Park, Santa Clara Co., California
sternitzkyi Gunder, 1929; (ab., unavailable)
Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita ; [NACL, #4372h]

Misidentified/misapplied:

behrii; auth., not Edwards, 862

G. l. palosverdesensis Perkins & Emmel, 1977

California Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis Perkins & Emmel, 1977; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 79 (3) : 468, TL: Rancho Palos Verdes, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, 800ft

Glaucopsyche kurnakovi (Kurentzov, 1970)

W.Chukotka, Kolyma, Kamchatka. See [About maps] kurnakovi (Kurentzov, 1970); Butterflies of the USSR Far East: 140, TL: Kamchatka
Glaucopsyche lygdamus kurnakovi ; [BARU, (note)]
Glaucopsyche kurnakovi ; [BRU2: 152, pl. 64, f. 64-6]

Glaucopsyche laetifica (Püngeler, 1898)

SE.Kazakhstan, S.Kazakhstan. See [About maps] Lycaena laetifica Püngeler, 1898; Soc. Ent. 13 (8): 57, TL: Ili-Gebiet [Ili River Valley, SE. Kazakhstan]
Glaucopsyche laetifica ; [BRU2: 152, pl. 62, f. 55-57]

Larva on Glycyrrhiza uralensis [BRU2, 152]

Glaucopsyche seminigra Howarth & Povolny, 1976

Kopet-Dagh, Talysh Mts.?, Iran, Afghanistan. See [About maps] Glaucopsyche seminigra Howarth & Povolny, 1976; Èas. morav. Mus. Brn. 61: 144, TL: Central Afghanistan
Glaucopsyche seminigra ; [BRU2: 152, pl. 64, f. 58-60]

G. s. seminigra

Afghanistan Glaucopsyche seminigra seminigra ; [BRU2, 152]

G. s. sofidensis Blom, 1979

Kopet-Dagh Glaucopsyche seminigra sofidensis ; [BRU2, 152]

Glaucopsyche xerces (Boisduval, 1852)

California (Upper San Francisco Peninsula). See [About maps] Xerces Blue
xerces (Boisduval, 1852); Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 : 296
antiacis (Boisduval, 1852); Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 : 300
behrii (Edwards, 1862); Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 14: 224
Lycaena mertila Edwards, 1866; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 206, TL: California
polyphemus (Boisduval, 1869)
Glaucopsyche huguenini Gunder, 1925
Glaucopsyche barnesi Gunger, 1927
Glaucopsyche intermedia Chermock, 1929
Glaucopsyche lygdamus xerces, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Nomiades antiacis ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43 Nomiades antiacis behrii ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43

Nomiades antiacis mertila ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43 Glaucopsyche antiacis ; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 19] Nomiades xerces ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 43 Glaucopsyche xerces ; [NACL, #4373]; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 21] ?Glaucopsyche lygdamus xerces ;

Larva on Lupinus arboreus, Lotus scoparius [NAB]

Glaucopsyche lycormas (Butler, 1866)

S.Siberia (east of Ob), Far East, Sakhalin, Mongolia, NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Polyommatus lycormas Butler, 1866; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 57, TL: Japan, Hakodate
Glaucopsyche lycormas ; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 32]; [BARU, #369]; [BRU2: 151, pl. 65, f. 7-12]

Larva on Fabaceae [BARU]

G. l. lycormas

Japan Glaucopsyche lycormas lycormas ; [BRU2, 151]

G. l. lederi O. Bang-Haas, 1907

S.Siberia, Kuznetsky Alatau, Salair, N.Altai, E.Sayan, Transbaikalia, Mongolia lada Kozhantshikov, 1936
Glaucopsyche lycormas lederi ; [BARU, (note)]; [BRU2, 151]

800x600 (~85Kb) underside female A vegetation stripe under a sandy bluff on the right bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th June 1995 (egg-laying), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

G. l. scylla (Oberthür, 1880)

Amur, Ussuri Glaucopsyche lycormas scylla ; [BARU, (note)]; [BRU2, 151]

Larva on Trifolium lupinaster [BRU2, 151]

G. l. tomariana (Matsumura, 1928)

Kunashir Lycaena lycormas tomariana Matsumura, 1928; Insecta Matsumurana 2 (4) : 200, TL: Kuriles, Kunashir
Glaucopsyche lycormas tomariana ; [BARU, (note)]; [BRU2, 151]

Glaucopsyche argali (Elwes, 1899)

-. See [About maps] Lycaena argali Elwes, 1899; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (3) : 328, TL: C.Altai, Chuya basin, Kuyaktanar river
Glaucopsyche argali, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Bajluana argali ; [BARU, #370]
Glaucopsyche argali ; [BRU2: 153, pl. 64, f. 67-69]

Larva on Oxytropis spp. [BRU2, 153]

G. a. argali

SE.Altai Glaucopsyche argali argali ; [BRU2, 153]

G. a. arkhar Lukhtanov, 1990

Saur, Manrak, Kurchum Mts. Bajluana argali arkhar ; [BARU, (note)]
Glaucopsyche argali arkhar ; [BRU2, 153]

Glaucopsyche astraea (Freyer, [1851])

Asia Minor, Kurdistan. See [About maps] astraea (Freyer, [1851]); Neue-Beytr. 6: 161
Glaucopsyche astraea ; [BOW: pl. 9, f. 23 (text only)]

22.12.2011 (13)

References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BARU]

Korshunov, Y. P., Gorbunov, P. Y.; Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia; English translation by Oleg Kosterin; [Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik]

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BNA]

Scott, James A., 1986; The Butterflies of North America

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[Jean Delacre]

http://homepage.mac.com/jdelacre

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[Mario Maier]

Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier

[Michel Tarrier]

Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org

[NAB]

Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1829

Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus Eur. Lepid. Index Meth.: 103pp

Boisduval, 1852

Lépidoptères de la Californie Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 : 275-324

Brown, 1975

A new subspecies of Glaucopsyche (Phaedrotes) piasus from Nevada Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 77 (4) : 501-504

Butler, 1866

A list of the diurnal Lepidoptera recently collected by Mr. Whitely in Hakodadi (North Japan) J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 50-58

Chapman, 1920

An undescribed Lycaenid Butterfly from Cyprus, Glaucopsyche paphos, sp. n. (Lycaenidae) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1920 (1/2) : 166-169, pl. 5

Clark, 1948

A New Subspecies of Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 50 (7) : 176-178

Courvoisier, 1913

Einige neue oder wenig bekannte Lycaeniden-Formen Ent. Mitt. 2 (10) : 289-297

Doubleday, 1841

Description of a New North American Polyommatus Entomologist 1: : 209-211

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Edwards, 1862

Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 160-164 (1861), 14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)

Edwards, 1866

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British America. No. 5 Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 200-208

Edwards, 1871

Descriptions of new species of North American butterflies Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 : 266-277

Elwes, 1899

On the Lepidoptera of the Altai Mountains Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (3) : 295-367, pl. 11-14

C. & R. Felder, [1865]

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Godman & Salvin, [1887]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Grinnell, 1917

Two unnamed Californian butterflies Can. Ent. 49 (10) : 349-351

Heyne, 1895

Satyridae, Lycaenidae in Rühl, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 (Tagfalter): 385-857

Howarth & Povolny, 1976

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans Èas. morav. Mus. Brn. 61: 139-170, pl. 3-4

Krulikovsky, 1890

[russian: ? "experimental catalog of lepidoptera of Kazakh province"] Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou (n.s.) 4 (2) : 200-251, pl. 8

Matsumura, 1928

New Butterflies especially from the Kuriles Insecta Matsumurana 2 (4) : 191-201

McDunnough, 1936

A new race of Glaucophyche lygdamus from the White Mountains, Ariz. (Lepid., Lycaenidae) Can. ent. 68: 113

Oberthür, 1922

Les Lépidoptères du Maroc Étud. Lépid. Comp. 19 (1): 13-402, (2): pl. 530-546

Perkins & Emmel, 1977

A new subspecies of Glaucopsyche lygdamus from California (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 79 (3) : 468-471

Poda, 1761

Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei digessit Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 8+127, 2pls

Püngeler, 1898

Diagnose neuer Lepidopteren aus Centralasien Soc. Ent. 13 (8): 57-58

Reakirt, 1866

Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3) : 238-249

Scudder, 1872

A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83

Scudder, 1876

The North American blue butterflies of the genus Nomiades Can. Ent. 8 (2) : 21-24

Skinner, 1917

Lycaena lygdamus Doubleday and its races with a description of a new one (Lep.) Ent. News 28 (5) : 212-214

Staudinger, 1881

Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Central-Asiens Stettin ent. Ztg 42 (7-9): 253-300, (10-12): 393-424

Staudinger, 1886

Centralasiatische Lepidopteren Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (4-6): 193-215, (7-9): 225-256

Tilden, 1974

A Name for Glaucopsyche lygdamus behrii Auct., not Edwards 1862 J. of Research on the Lepid. 12 (4): 213-215

Weeks, 1902

Some undescribed butterflies from Colombia and from Lower California Proc. New England Zool. Club 3 : 9-13

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