Invertebrate Ireland

CITATION

Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P. 2006. An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeograghical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=9009

IRISH STATUS	See Explanatory Text
Accepted

NORTHERN IRELAND	REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Recorded	Recorded

STATUS OF NAME

Current name

VALIDATING LITERATURE

Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R., O'Connor, J.P. 2006, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeographical Society,

Bradley, J.D. 2000, Checklist of Lepidoptera recorded from the British Isles. Second Edition (revised). Published privately , ,

LITERATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION

Tolman, T, 1997, Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe, , Harper Collins,

Thomas, J. & Lewington, R, 1991, The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, , Dorling Kindersley,

LITERATURE FOR TAXONOMIC CHANGE

LITERATURE FOR ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION

Asher, J., Warren, M., Fox, R., Harding, P., Jeffcoate, G. & Jeffcoate, S., 2001, The millennium atlas of butterflies in Britain and Ireland, , Oxford University Press,

Fox, R., Asher, J., Brereton, T., Roy, D & Warren, M, 2006, The State of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland, , Pisces Publications,

Thomas, J. & Lewington, R, 1991, The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, , Dorling Kindersley,

LOCATION OF VOUCHER

EXPLANATORY TEXT

Bradley (2000) lists two sub-species of this insect eleus (Fabricius, 1798) (Britain) and hibernica Goodson, 1948 (Ireland): the nominate is only found in Continental Europe.


Classification: Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order LEPIDOPTERA Suborder Superfamily PAPILIONOIDEA Family LYCAENIDAE Subfamily LYCAENINAE Genus Lycaena
	Lycaena phlaeas
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