Gossamer-Winged Butterfly: Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)

This is a butterfly that I found in the father-in-law's front yard some time ago. This small butterfly belongs to the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged family. The wingspan is 24-32 mm for males and 24-34 mm for females.

Common names:

Czech: modrásek cizokrajný

Dutch: Tijgerblauwtje, Langstaartblauwtje

English: Peablue, Pea Blue, Pea-blue Argus, Long-tailed Blue, Long-tailed Pea-blue, Bean Butterfly, Meske's Skipper

French: azuré porte-queue

German: Langgeschwänzter Bläuling, Großer Wander-Bläuling

Russian: Голубянка гороховая

Slovak: modráčik cudzokrajný

Spanish: Canela estriada

Swedish: Långsvansad blåvinge

Scientific classification of Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)

Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 – animals

Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 – arthropods

Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 – insects

Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies and moths

Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 - Blues and Coppers or Gossamer-Winged Butterflies

Tribe Polyommatini W. Swainson, 1827 - weak blues

Genus Lampides Hübner, 1819

Species Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) - Pea Blue

Synonym:

Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, 1767
Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775
Lycaena leguminis Scott, 1890 (unavailable syn)
Papilio coluteae Fuessly, 1775
Papilio archias Cramer, [1777]
Papilio pisorum Fourcroy, 1785
Papilio boetica Fabricius, 1793
Lampides armeniensis Gerhard, 1882
Polyommatus bagus Distant, 1886
Lampides grisescens Tutt, [1907]
Lampides caerulea Tutt, [1907]
Lampides caeruleafasciata Tutt, [1907]
Lampides clara Tutt, [1907]
Lampides clarafasciata Tutt, [1907]
Lampides coerulea Tutt, [1907]
Lampides ab. fasciata Tutt, [1907]
Lampides fusca Tutt, [1907]
Lampides ab. fuscafasciata Tutt, [1907]
Lampides typicamarginata Tutt, [1907]
Lampides ab. major Tutt, [1907]
Lampides minor Tutt, [1907]
Lampides typicafasciata Tutt, [1907]
Lampides ab. albovittata Oberthür, 1910
Lampides ab. ecaudata Oberthür, 1910
Polyommatus yanagawensis Hori, 1923
Lampides obsoleta Evans, [1925]
Lampides fusca de Sagarra, 1926
Lycaena ab. minor Pionneau, 1928
Lampides infuscata Querci, 1932
Lampides ab. kawachensis Hirose, 1933
Lampides anamariae Gómez Bustillo, 1973

reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampides_boeticus

Other scientific classification:

note:

In modern usage, in writing the first letter of the first part of the name, the genus, is always capitalized, while that of the second part is not, even when derived from a proper noun such as the name of a person or place. Both parts are italicized.

In scientific works, the "authority" for a binomial name is usually given, at least when it is first mentioned. Thus zoologists will give the name of a particular sea snail species as "Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758". The name "Linnaeus" tells the reader who it was that named the species; 1758 is the date of the publication in which the original description can be found, in this case the 10th edition of the book Systema Naturae. (Botanists are not required to give the date).

The authority is written in slightly different ways in zoology and botany: under the ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) the surname is written in full together with the date (usually only the year) of publication, whereas under the ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) the name is generally abbreviated and the date omitted. Historically, abbreviations were used in zoology too.

When the original name is changed, e.g. the species is moved to a different genus, both Codes use parentheses around the original authority; the ICBN also requires the person who made the change to be given.

See Binomial nomenclature in Wikipedia for more information.

Photos of Pea Blue, or Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) were taken using a camera phone Sony Ericsson K800i in Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia.