Lysandra (butterfly)

Lysandra is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Lysandra
Lysandra bellargus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Lysandra
Hemming, 1933
Synonyms[1]
  • Argus Scopoli, 1763
  • Uranops Hemming, 1929

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Lysandra albicans (Gerhard, 1851)
  • Lysandra apennina (Zeller, 1847)
  • Lysandra arzanovi (Stradomsky & Shchurov, 2005)
  • Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Lysandra caelestissima (Verity, 1921)
  • Lysandra caucasica (Lederer, 1870)
  • Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
  • Lysandra corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
  • Lysandra dezina de Freina & Witt, 1983
  • Lysandra gennargenti Leigheb, 1987
  • Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
  • Lysandra melamarina Dantchenko, 2000
  • Lysandra nufrellensis Schurian, 1977
  • Lysandra ossmar (Gerhard, 1851)
  • Lysandra punctifera (Oberthür, 1876)
  • Lysandra sheikh Dantchenko, 2000
  • Lysandra syriaca (Tutt, 1914)

References

  1. Lysandra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Talavera, G, Lukhtanov, V.A.,Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R. (2012): Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x
  • Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Rieppel, L., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R. (2013): In the shadow of phylogenetic uncertainty: The recent diversification of Lysandra butterflies through chromosomal change. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 469–478.
  • Media related to Lysandra at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Lysandra at Wikispecies


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