Polyommatini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 the known butterfly ...
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the subfamily of
Polyommatinae
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a diverse subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae).
This subfamily was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents and phylogeny are still in need of revision.
The follow ...
. These were extensively studied by Russian novelist and lepidopterist
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...
.
Genera
Genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
in this tribe include:
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* '']Actizera
''Actizera'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae which are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species
*''Actizera atrigemmata'' (Butler, 1878)
*''Actizera drucei'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
*''Actizera lucida'' (Trimen, 1883)
*''Actizer ...
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* ''Acytolepis
Acytolepis is a genus of small butterflies that belongs to the lycaenids or blues (family Lycaenidae). The genus was first described by Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus in 1927. The species are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms.
...
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* ''Afarsia
''Afarsia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.It has been synonymized with '' Albulina'' by some authors, but studies on the molecular phylogenetics of Polyommatini have led to its treatment as an independent genus, wh ...
''
* '' Agriades''
* ''Alpherakya
''Alpherakya'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
* ''Alpherakya devanica'' (Moore, 875
* ''Alpherakya pilgram'' (Bálint & Johnson, 1997) Central Asia
* ''Alpherakya sarta'' (Alphérak ...
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* '' Aricia'' – arguses
* '' Azanus'' – babul blues
* ''Bothrinia
''Bothrinia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Known from southern China, India (Assam) and northern Thailand.
There are two species.
*'' Bothrinia chennellii'' (de Nicéville, 1884)
*''Bothrinia nebulosa
''Bothrinia'' is a g ...
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* '' Brephidium''
* ''Cacyreus
''Cacyreus'' is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
*''Cacyreus audeoudi'' Stempffer, 1936
*''Cacyreus darius'' (Mabille, 1877)
*''Cacyreus dicksoni'' Pennington, 1962
*''Cacyreus ethiopicus'' Tite, 1961
*''Cacy ...
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* ''Caerulea
''Caerulea'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small genus with only two
species.
*''Caerulea coeligena'' (Oberthür, 1876) western China, central China.
*''Caerulea coelestis'' (Alphéraky, 1897) Tibet, western China
...
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* '' Caleta''
* ''Callenya
''Callenya'' is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
*''Callenya kaguya'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Palawan
*''Callenya lenya'' (Evans, 1932)
*''Callenya melaena
''Callenya melaena'', the metallic hedge blue, Retr ...
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* ''Callictita
''Callictita'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to New Guinea (Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) t ...
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* ''Castalius
''Castalius'' is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as Pierrots. This name is also often used for the very closely related genus ''Tarucus''.
In fact, the delimitation of ''Castalius'' versus ''Tarucus'' is not ye ...
'' – Pierrots
* ''Catochrysops
''Catochrysops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
*'' Catochrysops amasea'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 Torres Str ...
''
* ''Catopyrops
''Catopyrops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The range extends from India to the Malay Archipelago and the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller isl ...
''
* ''Cebrella
''Cebrella'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by John Nevill Eliot
Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot (29 August 1912 – 11 April 2003)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was an Eng ...
''
* '' Celastrina''
* ''Celatoxia
''Celatoxia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the Palearctic realm (Yunnan, Himalayas).
Species
*''Celatoxia albidisca
''Celatoxia albidisca'', the white-disc ...
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* ''Chilades
''Chilades'', commonly called jewel blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Old World and in Australia.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Euchrysops.html" ;"title="ow viewed as a speci ...
'' – jewel blues
* ''Cupido
Cupido may refer to:
Biology
* ''Cupido'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
* '' Biotodoma cupido'', a species of cichlid
* ''Tympanuchus cupido'', the North American greater prairie chicken
Music
* Cupido (group), a Spanish band that released ...
''
* ''Cupidopsis
''Cupidopsis'' is a genus of Afrotropical butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
*''Cupidopsis cissus'' (Godart, 824
*''Cupidopsis iobates
''Cupidopsis iobates'', the tailed meadow blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is ...
'' – meadow blues
* ''Cyaniris
''Cyaniris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Recent molecular studies have determined that ''Cyaniris'' is a different genus from ''Polyommatus
''Polyommatus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its speci ...
''
* '' Cyclargus''
* '' Danis''
* ''Discolampa
Discolampa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus ranges from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ...
''
* ''Echinargus
''Echinargus isola'', or Reakirt's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus ''Echinargus''.
It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S. ''Echinargus isola'' migrates re ...
''
* '' Eicochrysops''
* '' Eldoradina''
* '' Elkalyce''
* '' Epimastidia''
* ''Erysichton
''Erysichton'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Etymology
The genus is named after the mythological figure of Erysichthon of Thessaly.
Species
*''Erysichton linea ...
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* ''Euchrysops
''Euchrysops'' is a genus of Afrotropical butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
*'' Euchrysops abyssinica'' (Aurivillius, 1922)
*'' Euchrysops alberta'' (Butler, 1901)
*'' Euchrysops albistriatus'' (Capronnier, 1889)
*'' Euchrysops banyo ...
'' – Cupids
* '' Eumedonia''
* ''Euphilotes
''Euphilotes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which consists of a number of species found in western North America. Some of the species are endangered, such as the Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''.
Species
Listed ...
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* ''Famegana
''Famegana'' is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by John Nevill Eliot in 1973. Its single species, ''Famegana alsulus'', the black-spotted grass blue, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer i ...
''
* ''Freyeria
''Freyeria'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Ludwig Georg Courvoisier in 1920.
It currently includes three species:
*''Freyeria putli'' (Kollar, 844 – eastern grass jewel – Ceylon, South India, northeast ...
''
* ''Glabroculus
''Glabroculus'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly ...
''
* '' Glaucopsyche''
* '' Grumiana''
* '' Harpendyreus''
* ''Hemiargus
''Hemiargus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in North and South America.
Species
Listed alphabetically: (2012): Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of ''Polyom ...
''
* ''Icaricia
''Icaricia'' is a Nearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by the author and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov in 1945.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Iolana
''Iolana'' is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Species include:
* ''Iolana iolas
''Iolana iolas'', the iolas blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern Africa, southern Spain, southern Fr ...
''
* '' Ionolyce''
* ''Itylos
In Greek mythology, Itylus or Itylos (Ancient Greek: Ἴτυλον), was the son of Aedon, daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus and wife of King Zethus of Thebes.
Mythology
Envious of Niobe, her sister-in-law, who had six sons and six daughters, ...
''
* ''Jameela
''Jameela'' is a genus of butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings ...
''
* ''Jamides
''Jamides'', commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of 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 alphabetically:
* '' Ja ...
'' – ceruleans
* '' Kretania''
* ''Lampides
''Lampides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
It currently consists of one species: ''Lampides boeticus
''Lampides boeticus'', the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or go ...
''
* ''Lepidochrysops
''Lepidochrysops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the
Afrotropical realm.
Species
*'' Lepidochrysops aethiopia'' (Bethune-Baker, 923
*'' Lepidochrysops abri'' Libert & Collins, 2001
*'' Le ...
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* ''Leptotes
''Leptotes'' can refer to:
* ''Leptotes'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
* ''Leptotes'' (plant), a genus of orchids
{{Genus disambiguation ...
'' – zebra blues
* '' Lestranicus''
* ''Luthrodes
''Luthrodes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. Its species are found in Asia and in Oceania.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
* '' Luthrodes boopis'' (Fruhstorfer, 1897) Indonesia (Miso ...
''
* ''Lycaenopsis
''Lycaenopsis'' is a genus of Lycaenidae, lycaenid butterflies.Lysandra
Lysandra (Greek: Λυσάνδρα, meaning "Liberator, Emancipator"; lived 281 BC) was a Queen of Macedonia, daughter of Ptolemy I Soter to Eurydice or Berenice.
She was married first to her maternal cousin Alexander, one of the sons of Cassand ...
''
* '' Madeleinea''
* '' Maurus''
* '' Megisba''
* '' Micropsyche''
* '' Monodontides''
* '' Nabokovia''
* ''Nacaduba
''Nacaduba'' is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It constitutes many of the species commonly called "lineblues". As they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblue ...
''
* ''Neolucia
''Neolucia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the main ...
''
* '' Neolysandra''
* '' Neopithecops''
* '' Notarthrinus''
* ''Nothodanis
''Nothodanis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this genus, ''Nothodanis schaeffera'' (Eschscholtz, 1821) is found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms.
Subspecies
*''Nothodanis schaeffera schaeffe ...
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* '' Oboronia''
* ''Orachrysops
''Orachrysops'' is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
* ''Orachrysops ariadne'' (Butler, 1898)
* ''Orachrysops brinkmani'' Heath, 1997
* ''Orachrysops lacrimosa'' (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
* ''Orachrysops mijburgh ...
''
* ''Oraidium
''Oraidium'' is a monotypic genus of butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly co ...
''
* '' Oreolyce''
* '' Orthomiella''
* '' Otnjukovia''
* '' Palaeophilotes''
* ''Pamiria
''Pamiria'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
* '' Pamiria chitralensis'' (Tytler, 1926) Kashmir
* '' Pamiria chrysopis'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Hindu Kush, Pamirs
* '' Pamiria fara ...
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* '' Paraduba''
* '' Paralycaeides''
* '' Parelodina''
* '' Patricius''
* '' Perpheres''
* ''Petrelaea
''Petrelaea'' is a small genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Australasian realm, Australasian and Indomalayan realms.
Species
*''Petrelaea dana'' (de Nicéville, 1884)
*''Petrelaea tombugensis'' (Röber, 18 ...
''
* ''Phengaris
''Phengaris'' 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 ...
''
* ''Philotes
In Greek mythology, Philotes (; Ancient Greek: ) was a minor goddess or spirit ('' daimones'') personifying affection, friendship, and sex.
Family
Philotes was a daughter of the primordial deities Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night).
Hesiod' ...
''
* '' Philotiella''
* '' Phlyaria''
* '' Pistoria''
* ''Pithecops
''Pithecops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.
Species include:
*''Pithecops hylax
''Pithecops hylax'', the forest Quaker, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaen ...
''
* '' Plautella''
* ''Plebejidea
''Plebejidea'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically: Koçak,A.Ö.,1981-1983, On the nomenclature of some genera of Lepidoptera. ''Priamus'' 1(1): 16-23; 1(3): 97-109, 112-122; 2 (4): 1 ...
''
* ''Plebejus
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous ...
''
* '' Plebulina''
* ''Polyommatus
''Polyommatus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.
Taxonomy
Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that ''Cyaniris'', ''Lysandra'', and ''Neolysandra'' are different genera fro ...
''
* '' Praephilotes''
* ''Prosotas
''Prosotas'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. An overview is provided by Hsu and ...
''
* '' Pseudochrysops''
* '' Pseudolucia''
* ''Pseudonacaduba
''Pseudonacaduba'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called goss ...
''
* '' Pseudophilotes''
* ''Pseudozizeeria
''Pseudozizeeria'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. This genus is monotypic, consisting of only one species, ''Pseudozizeeria maha
''Pseudozizeeria maha'', the pale grass blue, is a small butterfly found in South Asia th ...
''
* '' Psychonotis''
* '' Ptox''
* ''Rhinelephas
''Rhinelephas'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. ''
* '' Rimisia''
* ''Rueckbeilia
''Rueckbeilia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, first described in 2013.
It contains two species:
* ''Rueckbeilia fergana'' (Staudinger, 1881)
* ''Rueckbeilia rosei
''Rueckbeilia'' is a genus of butterflies
...
''
* ''Rysops
''Rysops scintilla'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus ''Rysops''.
It is found on Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repob ...
''
* '' Sahulana''
* '' Sancterila''
* ''Scolitantides
''Scolitantides'' is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Scolitantides orion
''Scolitantides orion'', the chequered blue, is a species of butterfly in the family ...
''
* '' Shijimia''
* '' Sidima''
* '' Sinia''
* ''Sinocupido
''Sinocupido'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Sinocupido lokiangensis''. The genus and the species were described from China (Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xi ...
''
* ''Subsolanoides
''Subsolanoides'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Subsolanoides nagata'', which is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geogr ...
''
* ''Talicada
''Talicada'' is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also call ...
''
* '' Tartesa''
* '' Tarucus'' – blue Pierrots
* ''Thaumaina
''Thaumaina'' is a genus of butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured win ...
''
* ''Theclinesthes
''Theclinesthes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Species
*''Theclinesthes albocincta'' (Waterhouse, 1903)
*''Theclinesthes eremicola'' (Röber, 1891)
*''Thec ...
''
* ''Thermoniphas
''Thermoniphas'' is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
*''Thermoniphas alberici'' (Dufrane, 1945)
*''Thermoniphas albocaerulea'' Stempffer, 1956
*''Thermoniphas bibundana'' (Grünberg, 1910)
*''Thermoniphas ...
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* '' Tongeia''
* '' Turanana''
* '' Tuxentius'' – pied Pierrots
* '' Udara''
* '' Una''
* '' Upolampes''
* '' Uranobothria''
* ''Uranothauma
''Uranothauma'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species
*'' Uranothauma antinorii'' (Oberthür, 1883)
*'' Uranothauma artemenes'' (Mabille, 1880)
*'' Uranothauma belcastroi'' L ...
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* '' Zintha'' – blue-eyed Pierrot
* '' Zizeeria''
* '' Zizina''
* '' Zizula''
References
Butterfly tribes
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