Lampides
Lampides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
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| Female peablue or long-tailed blue (Lampides boeticus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Lampides Hübner, [1819] |
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It currently consists of one species: Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767), the peablue or long-tailed blue. Lampides used to contain other species, most of which have now been moved to the genus Jamides.
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Wikispecies has information related to Lampides. |
- Lampides boeticus at Captain's European Butterfly Guide
- Lampides boeticus Archived link
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