genus

LycaeidesHübner, 1819

species
5out of 2223% covered
images
2,148

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusLycaeides5 species2,148 images
    • speciesLycaeides alcedoLang
    • speciesLycaeides alpinaBerce, 1867
    • speciesLycaeides anna(Edwards, 1861)80 images
    • speciesLycaeides argyrognomon(Bergstrasser, 1779)108 images
    • speciesLycaeides cleobataKozhanchikov
    • speciesLycaeides corsica
    • speciesLycaeides djaggataiStaudinger
    • speciesLycaeides dubia(Hering, 1881)
    • speciesLycaeides energetesStaudinger
    • speciesLycaeides idas(Linnaeus, 1761)1,215 images
    • speciesLycaeides ismenias(Gerhard, 1853)
    • speciesLycaeides kanteanaStaudinger
    • speciesLycaeides maracandica(Erschoff, 1874)
    • speciesLycaeides mazaffarGrum-Grshimailo
    • speciesLycaeides melissa(Edwards, 1873)724 images
    • speciesLycaeides micrargusChapman & Butler
    • speciesLycaeides mongolicaStaudinger
    • speciesLycaeides qinghaiensisMurayama
    • speciesLycaeides reginaGrum-Grshimailo
    • speciesLycaeides subsolanus(Eversmann, 1851)recorded as Plebejus subsolanus21 images
    • speciesLycaeides tancreiGraeser
    • speciesLycaeides tarcreiGraeser

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)