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Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Lepidoptera, Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini Incertae sedis - Blues and coppers

Actizera lucida
Rayed blue

Azanus jesous
Topaz babul blue

Azanus mirza
Pale babul blue

Azanus moriqua
Black-bordered babul blue

Azanus natalensis
Natal babul blue

Azanus ubaldus
Velvet-spotted babul blue

Cacyreus fracta fracta
Water geranium bronze

Cacyreus lingeus
Bush bronze

Cacyreus marshalli
Common geranium bronze

Cacyreus virilis
Mocker bronze

Cupidopsis cissus cissus
Common meadow blue

Cupidopsis jobates jobates
Tailed meadow blue

Eicochrysops hippocrates
White-tipped blue

Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena
Cupreous blue

Euchrysops barkeri
Barker's smoky blue

Euchrysops dolorosa
Sabie smoky blue

Euchrysops malathana
Common smoky blue

Euchrysops osiris
Osiris smoky blue

Euchrysops subpallida
Ashen smoky blue

Harpendyreus noquasa
Marsh mountain blue

Lampides boeticus
Pea blue

Lepidochrysops glauca glauca
Silvery blue

Lepidochrysops ignota
Zulu Blue

Lepidochrysops irvingi
Irving's blue

Lepidochrysops patricia
Patricia blue

Lepidochrysops plebeia plebeia
Twin-spot blue

Lepidochrysops tantalus
King blue

Lepidochrysops variabilis
Variable blue

Leptotes babaulti
Babault's zebra blue

Leptotes pirithous pirithous
Common zebra blue

Leptotes pulchra pulchra
Sesbania blue

Orachrysops lacrimosa
Restless blue

Oraidium barberae
Dwarf blue

Pseudonacaduba sichela sichela
Dusky line blue

Tarucus bowkeri transvaalensis
Bowker's dotted blue

Tarucus sybaris sybaris
Dotted blue

Tuxentius calice
White pie

Tuxentius melaena melaena
Black pie

Uranothauma nubifer nubifer
Black heart

Zintha hintza hintza
Hintza pierrot

Zizeeria knysna
African grass blue

Zizina otis antanossa
Dark grass blue

Zizula hylax
Tiny grass blue

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