Polyommatinae
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Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
). It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.
Notable taxa
- Celastrina ladonCelastrina ladonThe Spring Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and peninsular Florida; south in the mountains to Colombia.Since the publication of a monograph...
, Spring Azure - Celastrina neglectaCelastrina neglectaThe Summer Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall and Lafontaine, in The Butterflies of Canada, describe the species:...
, Summer Azure - Everes comyntas, Eastern-tailed Blue
- Euphilotes battoides allyni, El Segundo Blue
- Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, Sand Mountain Blue
- Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis, Palos Verdes Blue
- Glaucopsyche xerces, Xerces Blue – extinct (1941)
- Icaricia icarioides fenderi, Fender's Blue
- Plebejus argus, Silver-studded Blue
- Polyommatus icarus, Common Blue
- Polyommatus semiargus, Mazarine Blue
- Pseudozizeeria mahaPseudozizeeria maha.The Pale Grass Blue is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Wet-season brood:Male. Upperside silvery light blue with a satiny sheen in certain lights...
, Pale Grass Blue
Genera incertae sedis
These generaGenus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
are of unclear affinities.
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
). It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.
Notable taxa
- Celastrina ladonCelastrina ladonThe Spring Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and peninsular Florida; south in the mountains to Colombia.Since the publication of a monograph...
, Spring Azure - Celastrina neglectaCelastrina neglectaThe Summer Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall and Lafontaine, in The Butterflies of Canada, describe the species:...
, Summer Azure - Everes comyntas, Eastern-tailed Blue
- Euphilotes battoides allyni, El Segundo Blue
- Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, Sand Mountain Blue
- Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis, Palos Verdes Blue
- Glaucopsyche xerces, Xerces Blue – extinct (1941)
- Icaricia icarioides fenderi, Fender's Blue
- Plebejus argus, Silver-studded Blue
- Polyommatus icarus, Common Blue
- Polyommatus semiargus, Mazarine Blue
- Pseudozizeeria mahaPseudozizeeria maha.The Pale Grass Blue is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Wet-season brood:Male. Upperside silvery light blue with a satiny sheen in certain lights...
, Pale Grass Blue
Genera incertae sedis
These generaGenus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
are of unclear affinities.
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
). It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.
Notable taxa
- Celastrina ladonCelastrina ladonThe Spring Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and peninsular Florida; south in the mountains to Colombia.Since the publication of a monograph...
, Spring Azure - Celastrina neglectaCelastrina neglectaThe Summer Azure is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America. Layberry, Hall and Lafontaine, in The Butterflies of Canada, describe the species:...
, Summer Azure - Everes comyntas, Eastern-tailed Blue
- Euphilotes battoides allyni, El Segundo Blue
- Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, Sand Mountain Blue
- Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis, Palos Verdes Blue
- Glaucopsyche xerces, Xerces Blue – extinct (1941)
- Icaricia icarioides fenderi, Fender's Blue
- Plebejus argus, Silver-studded Blue
- Polyommatus icarus, Common Blue
- Polyommatus semiargus, Mazarine Blue
- Pseudozizeeria mahaPseudozizeeria maha.The Pale Grass Blue is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.-Wet-season brood:Male. Upperside silvery light blue with a satiny sheen in certain lights...
, Pale Grass Blue
Genera incertae sedis
These generaGenus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
are of unclear affinities.
- AgriadesAgriadesAgriades is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in North America, Europe, and Asia.-Species:Listed alphabetically within groups.The aquilo species-group:*Agriades cassiope Emmel & Emmel, 1998...
– Polyommatini? (often included in Plebejus) - AlbulinaAlbulinaAlbulina is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? (often included in Plebejus) - AthysanotaAthysanotaAthysanota is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- BoliviellaBoliviellaBoliviella is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- BothriniaBothriniaBothrinia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- CaeruleaCaeruleaCaerulea is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- CherchiellaCherchiellaCherchiella is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- ChiladesChiladesChilades, commonly called Jewel Blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.-Species:Listed alphabetically within groups.The cleotas species-group:*Chilades boopis...
– Polyommatini? - Cyclirius
- EldoradinaEldoradinaEldoradina is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- ElkalyceElkalyceElkalyce is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae....
- FaculaFacula (butterfly)Facula is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- GlabroculusGlabroculusGlabroculus is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- HarpendyreusHarpendyreusHarpendyreus is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-Species:*Harpendyreus aequatorialis *Harpendyreus argenteostriata Stempffer, 1961*Harpendyreus berger Stempffer, 1976...
– Polyommatini? - ItylosItylos (butterfly)Itylos is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. There has been confusion regarding the correct name; the present genus was discussed in 1945 by the famous lepidopterologist and author Vladimir Nabokov as Parachilades but had been described already in 1921...
- LycaeidesLycaeidesLycaeides is a holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
(often included in Plebejus) - MadeleineaMadeleineaMadeleinea is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. These Andean butterflies are very interesting from a taxonomic standpoint.For one thing, this genus was discussed by famous author and lepidopterologist Vladimir Nabokov in 1945. However, he used the name Itylos, which actually refers to a...
- MaslowskiaMaslowskiaMaslowskia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- MicropsycheMicropsycheMicropsyche is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- OboroniaOboroniaOboronia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- OrachrysopsOrachrysopsOrachrysops is a genus of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.-Species:* Orachrysops ariadne * Orachrysops brinkmani Heath, 1997* Orachrysops lacrimosa * Orachrysops mijburghi Henning & Henning, 1994...
– Polyommatini? - OraidiumOraidiumOraidium is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-External links:*...
- OrthomiellaOrthomiellaOrthomiella is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- OtnjukoviaOtnjukoviaOtnjukovia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- PalaeophilotesPalaeophilotesPalaeophilotes is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? - Pallidula
- PhengarisPhengarisPhengaris is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies in the subfamily Polyommatinae. Commonly, these butterflies are called large blues, which if referring to a particular species is P. arion, a species resident in Europe and some parts of Asia....
- PhlyariaPhlyariaPhlyaria is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- PistoriaPistoriaPistoria is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? - PraephilotesPraephilotesPraephilotes is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? - PseudophilotesPseudophilotesPseudophilotes is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-Species:*Pseudophilotes abencerragus *Pseudophilotes barbagiae De Prins & Poorten, 1982*Pseudophilotes baton...
– Polyommatini? - ShijimiaShijimiaShijimia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- SiniaSiniaSinia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- SinocupidoSinocupidoSinocupido is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? - SubsolanoidesSubsolanoidesSubsolanoides is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? - TalicadaTalicadaTalicada is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- ThermoniphasThermoniphasThermoniphas is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- TongeiaTongeiaTongeia is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- TurananaTurananaTuranana is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
- TuxentiusTuxentiusTuxentius is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as pied pierrots or pies. Contained in this genus are the African species formerly placed in Castalius, except the Blue-eyed Pierrot which is separated in Zintha.-Species:The members of genus Tuxentius are:* Tuxentius...
– Polyommatini?
Doubtful Polyommatinae
The genera in this list are considered Polyommatinae by some authors, but at least some belong elsewhere:- LepidochrysopsLepidochrysopsLepidochrysops is a genus of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.-Species:*Lepidochrysops aethiopia *Lepidochrysops abri Libert & Collins, 2001*Lepidochrysops albilinea Tite, 1959...
– Polyommatini? Lycaeninae? - ParalycaeidesParalycaeidesParalycaeides is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
– Polyommatini? Lycaeninae? - UranothaumaUranothaumaUranothauma is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-Species:*Uranothauma antinorii *Uranothauma artemenes *Uranothauma belcastroi Larsen, 1997*Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989...
– Lycaeninae?
