Order:Lepidoptera(Butterflies)
Celastrina ladon Family: Lycaenidae
(The Gossamer-Winged Butterflies)

Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Arctic Blue
Arrowhead Blue
Western Pygmy Blue
Reakirt's Blue
Spring Azure
Northern Blue
Square-Spotted Blue
Melissa Blue
Dotted Blue
Acmon Blue
Western Tailed-Blue
Boisduval's Blue
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Lupine Blue
Silvery Blue
Shasta Blue
Greenish Blue
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Tailed Copper
Blue Copper
Lustrous Copper
Bronze Copper
Gray Copper
Mariposa Copper
Dorcas Copper
Lilac-Bordered Copper
Edith's Copper
American Copper
Purplish Copper
Ruddy Copper
Subfamily: Theclinae
Brown Elfin
Sheridan's Hairstreak
Western Pine Elfin
Coral Hairstreak
Moss' Elfin
Acadian Hairstreak
Hoary Elfin
Behr's Hairstreak
Juniper Hairstreak
California Hairstreak
Nelson's Hairstreak
Sooty Hairstreak
Thicket Hairstreak
Hedgerow Hairstreak
Johnson's Hairstreak
Sylvan Hairstreak
Western Green Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak

Lycaenidae: The Gossamer-Winged Butterflies

Family Facts:

Family Members in Idaho:

Subfamily Polyommatinae:
The Blues
Scientific Name Common Name
Agriades glandon COMPLEX Arctic Blue
Brephidium exile Western Pygmy Blue
Celastrina ladon COMPLEX Spring Azure
Euphilotes battoides Square-Spotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes Dotted Blue
Everes amyntula Western Tailed-Blue
Everes comyntas Eastern Tailed-Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus Arrowhead Blue
Hemiargus isola Reakirt's Blue
Lycaeides idas Northern Blue
Lycaeides melissa Melissa Blue
Plebejus [Icaricia] acmon Acmon Blue
Plebejus [Icaricia] icarioides Boisduval's Blue
Plebejus [Icaricia] lupinus Lupine Blue
Plebejus [Icaricia] shasta Shasta Blue
Plebejus saepiolus Greenish Blue
Subfamily Lycaeninae:
The Coppers
Scientific Name Common Name
Lycaena [Tharsalea] arota Tailed Copper
Lycaena cupreus Lustrous Copper
Lycaena dione Gray Copper
Lycaena dorcas Dorcas Copper
Lycaena editha Edith's Copper
Lycaena helloides Purplish Copper
Lycaena heteronea Blue Copper
Lycaena hyllus Bronze Copper
Lycaena mariposa Mariposa Copper
Lycaena nivalis Lilac-Bordered Copper
Lycaena phlaeas American Copper
Lycaena rubidus Ruddy Copper
Subfamily Theclinae:
The Hairstreaks and Elfins
Scientific Name Common Name
Callophrys [Incisalia] augustinus Brown Elfin
Callophrys [Incisalia] eryphon Western Pine Elfin
Callophrys [Incisalia] mossii Moss' Elfin
Callophrys [Incisalia] polios Hoary Elfin
Callophrys [Mitoura] gryneus Juniper Hairstreak
Callophrys [Mitoura] nelsoni Nelson's Hairstreak
Callophrys [Mitoura] spinetorum Thicket Hairstreak
Callophrys [Mitoura] johnsoni Johnson's Hairstreak
Callophrys affinis Western Green Hairstreak
Callophrys sheridanii Sheridan's Hairstreak
Satyrium [Harkenclenus] titus Coral Hairstreak
Satyrium acadica Acadian Hairstreak
Satyrium behrii Behr's Hairstreak
Satyrium californica California Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosum Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium saepium Hedgerow Hairstreak
Satyrium sylvinus COMPLEX Sylvan Hairstreak
Strymon melinus Gray Hairstreak