NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Glaucopsyche
  Tribe - Polyommatini
  Subfamily - Polyommatinae
  Family - Lycaenidae
  Superfamily - Papilionoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus lygdamus
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus mildredae
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus afra
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus jacki
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus minipunctum
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus deserticola
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus sabulosa
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus xerces
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus pseudoxerces
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognitus
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus orcus
      Subspecies - Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia