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Family Lycaenidae - Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters

 
 
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A Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America, East of the Great Plains
By Alexander B. Klots
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xvi + 349 pp., 1951
Published only a few years after the Lepidopterists' Society formed (1947), this field guide contained the first published reports of a number of new U.S. records.

Klots, A.B. 1951. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America, East of the Great Plains. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xvi + 349 pp.

A new subgenus and species of Callophrys (s.l.) from the Southwestern United States (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidea)
By P.R. Ehrlich and H.K. Clench
Entomological News Philadelphia, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 137-141, 1960

Observations on the life history of Callophrys xami (Lycaenidae)
By J. Benjamin Ziegler & Tarsicio Escalante
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 1964
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A butterfly with olive green eyes discovered in the United States and the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)
By Robert Robbins, Jeffrey Glassberg
ZooKeys, 2013
Volume 305, pp. 1-20

Complete article available for free on-line here.

Celastrina serotina (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a New Butterfly Species from the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.
By Pavulaan, H. & D.M. Wright
The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey. 6(6): 1-19
Pavulaan, Harry & David M. Wright, 2005. Celastrina serotina (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a New Butterfly Species from the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey. 6(6): 1-19.

Abstract and PDF here.

What Azure blues occur in Canada? A re-assessment of Celastrina Tutt species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
By Schmidt, B. Christian & Ross A. Layberry
ZooKeys 584: 135–164, 2016
Abstract and PDF download at ZooKeys here

Schmidt BC, Layberry RA (2016) What Azure blues occur in Canada? A re-assessment of Celastrina Tutt species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ZooKeys 584: 135–164. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.584.7882

A case of sympatric Celastrina ladon (Cramer), Celastrina lucia (W. Kirby) and Celastrina neglecta (Edwards) (Lycaenidae: Polyom
By Pavulaan, Harry
The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey. 7(7): 1–10., 2014
Pavulaan, H. 2014. A case of sympatric Celastrina ladon (Cramer), Celastrina lucia (W. Kirby) and Celastrina neglecta (Edwards) (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) in Northern Virginia, with additional records of C. lucia in Virginia. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey. 7(7): 1–10.

Read online here. Abstract and PDF [url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270161538_A_case_of_sympatric_Celastrina_ladon_Cramer_Celastrina_lucia_W_Kirby_and_Celastrina_neglecta_Edwards_Lyca

Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia
By Harry E. LeGrand Jr., Jeffrey S. Pippen, Derb Carter, Jr. and Pierre Howard
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
The most comprehensive southern butterfly guide available
Few creatures are as enchanting and magnificent as the butterfly. This field guide introduces more than 200 butterfly species found in the Southeast, complete with color photographs that not only identify them but also reveal their unique beauty.

What’s included:
* Nearly 600 full-color images of butterflies in their natural habitats
* Information on structural and behavioral features, from antennae attributes to flight styles
* Maps for butterfly sightings at the county level in each state—North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia

 
 
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