Description
Family Lycaenidae
'The Lycaenidae are members
of the Superfamily
Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. Worldwide in distribution, this family
has approximately 4,700 species that are unevenly distributed. Coppers are especially dominant in north temperate regions
, blues are richest
in the Old World tropics and north temperate
zones, and hairstreaks are particularly abundant in New World tropics. The adults
are typically small to tiny and often brilliantly colored--iridescent blues, bright reds, and oranges. Adults of both sexes have three pairs of walking legs
, though most males have fused segments in their front legs. Most adults visit flowers for nectar, but some harvesters feed
on wooly aphid honeydew and some hairstreaks feed on aphid honeydew or bird droppings. Females lay
single, sea
urchin shaped eggs
on host leaves or flower buds; the resulting caterpillars are typically slug-shaped. In many species, caterpillars depend on ants
for protection, so caterpillars produce
sugary secretions that are collected by the ants. Most species overwinter in either the egg or pupal stage.
'[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Family:
Lycaenidae
()
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Genus:
Iphiclides
()
- Specific name:
estrigata
- Nitsche 1912
- Scientific name: - Iphiclides estrigata Nitsche 1912
- Specific name:
estrigata
- Nitsche 1912
- Genus:
Iphiclides
(
- Family:
Lycaenidae
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Iphiclides
There are approximately 87 species in this genus:
I. aleramica · I. atava · I. brassicae · I. caeca · I. caecigena · I. caecus · I. centralasiae · I. chungianus · I. coecigenus · I. coecus · I. cohaerens · I. confluens · I. coretas · I. creta · I. decemlineati · I. decolorata · I. destrigata · I. diluta · I. dissiunctus · I. dissociatus · I. divisus · I. elongata · I. estrigata · I. europaeus · I. favillomaculata · I. feisthamelides · I. feisthamelii · I. flaccidus · I. flammaeus · I. flavolineata · I. galenus · I. heterotaeniatus · I. inalpina · I. interjecta · I. intermedia · I. interruptus · I. isnardi · I. latteri · I. leechi · I. lucifer · I. lugens · I. maura · I. melanosticta · I. miegii · I. minor · I. minuslineata · I. nebulosomaculatus · I. nigrescens · I. nigromaculata · I. nigromaculatus · I. nigrovenata · I. nonlunulata · I. notha · I. novemlineati · I. obsoleta · I. obsoletus · I. ornata · I. ornatissima · I. pallidistriga · I. partitus · I. persica · I. plenissima · I. podalirinus · I. podalirius (Scarce Swallowtail) · I. podalirius feisthamelii · I. podalirius podalirius (Scarce Swallowtail) · I. primularis · I. privatus · I. pseudopersica · I. pseudozanclaeus · I. punctatus · I. puslineata · I. reductus · I. schultzii · I. semistrigata · I. sinon · I. smyrnensis · I. spoliatus · I. superlineata · I. undecimlineatus · I. unipunctatus · I. valesiaca · I. velebiticus · I. verna · I. virgatus · I. zanclaeides · I. zanclaeus
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Notes
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Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7686975
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-167351.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1574255
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=16&sci=Lycaenidae&com=Gossamer-wing Butterflies [back]
