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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae)

Family Lycaenidae - Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Chlorostrymon » Telea Hairstreak - Hodges#4272 (Chlorostrymon telea)

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.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 July, 2009 - 2:17am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Callophrys » Sandia Hairstreak - Hodges#4321 (Callophrys mcfarlandi)

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

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 29 August, 2017 - 8:55pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Callophrys » Xami Hairstreak - Hodges#4320 (Callophrys xami)

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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Contributed by Josiah Gilbert on 14 March, 2015 - 11:30am

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.

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 31 May, 2013 - 9:35am

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.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 26 August, 2016 - 4:37am

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

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 17 May, 2016 - 6:59am

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

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 17 May, 2016 - 6:44am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea)

The Common Names of North American Butterflies

By Miller, J.Y. (editor)
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. ix + 177 pp., 1992

Jacqueline Y. Miller (editor). 1992. The Common Names of North American Butterflies. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. ix + 177 pp.

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White, R.R. 1992. Note. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 46(4): 310-311.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 December, 2024 - 11:46pm

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