''Lampides'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
.
It currently consists of one
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
: ''
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
''Jamides'', commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm.
Species
Listed alphabeticall ...
''.
External links
''Lampides boeticus''at Captain's European Butterfly Guide
Lycaenidae genera
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