Polyommatinae
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Polyommatinae
| Polyommatinae | |
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| Common Grass Blue | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
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Candalidini |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Polyommatinae |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Candilidini |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Lycaenesthini |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Niphandini |
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Wikispecies has information related to: Polyommatini |
Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). 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.
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Notable taxa
- Celastrina ladon, Spring Azure
- Celastrina neglecta, 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 maha, Pale Grass Blue
Genera incertae sedis
These genera are of unclear affinities.
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Doubtful Polyommatinae
The genera in this list are considered Polyommatinae by some authors, but at least some belong elsewhere:
- Lepidochrysops – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
- Paralycaeides – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
- Uranothauma – Lycaeninae?
References
- Eliot, J. N. and Kawazoe, A., 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group: 1-309, 6 pls. London.
- Hirowatari, T., 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture(B), 44(Suppl.)
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