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Checklist of Subfamily Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827 (Blues)
for Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2109
116061
1221557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2100
115859
1220540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1811
113709
1208758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
928
84435
1006159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
146
21767
211345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
134
21587
210929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
123
21452
209960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
44
13271
133903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
37
11731
117439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
9
2108
29957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers
716
10777
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues
172
3142
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
172 Genera with 3142 Species
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Actizera Chapman, 19108SpeciesTaxom
Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1927Hedge Blues8SpeciesTaxom
Acytolepsis Toxopeus, 19275SpeciesTaxom
Adaluma Waterhouse &..., 19052SpeciesTaxom
Agriades Hübner, 181938SpeciesTaxom
Agrodiaetus Hübner, 182251SpeciesTaxom
Albulina Tutt, 1909Mountain Blues34SpeciesTaxom
Alpherakya Kluk, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Anthene Doubleday, 1847Ciliate Blues150SpeciesTaxom
Apelles Hemming, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Aricia Reichenbach, 1817Arguses159SpeciesTaxom
Azanus Moore, 1881Babul Blues15SpeciesTaxom
Bothrinia Chapman, 1909Hedge Cupids4SpeciesTaxom
Brephidium Scudder, 1876Pygmy blues6SpeciesTaxom
Cacyreus Butler, 189811SpeciesTaxom
Caerulea Forster, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Caleta Hirowatari, 1992Angled Pierrot9SpeciesTaxom
Callenya Eliot & Kawa..., 19833SpeciesTaxom
Callictita Bethune-Baker, 190810SpeciesTaxom
Candalides Hübner, 1819Dusky blues61SpeciesTaxom
Castalius Hübner, 1819Common Pierrot28SpeciesTaxom
Catochrysops Boisduval, 1832Forget-me-nots32SpeciesTaxom
Catopyrops Toxopeus, 192911SpeciesTaxom
Cebrella Eliot & Kawa..., 19832SpeciesTaxom
Celastrina Tutt, 1906Azures72SpeciesTaxom
Celatoxia Eliot & Kawa..., 19832SpeciesTaxom
Chilades Moore, 1881Jewel Blues32SpeciesTaxom
Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 189521SpeciesTaxom
Cupido Schrank, 1801Tailed Blues136SpeciesTaxom
Cupidopsis Karsch, 1895Meadow blues5SpeciesTaxom
Cyaniris Dalman, 1816Hedge Blues29SpeciesTaxom
Cyclargus Nabokov, 194510SpeciesTaxom
Cyclyrius Butler, 18976SpeciesTaxom
Cyprotides Hübner, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Danis Fabricius, 180720SpeciesTaxom
Discolampa Toxopeus, 1929Banded blue Pierrot4SpeciesTaxom
Echinargus Nabokov, 19455SpeciesTaxom
Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 192419SpeciesTaxom
Eirmocides Braby, Espel..., 20204SpeciesTaxom
Eldoradina Balletto, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 19967SpeciesTaxom
Epimastidia H. H. Druce, 18918SpeciesTaxom
Erina Swainson, 18337SpeciesTaxom
Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Euchrysops Butler, 1900Cupids50SpeciesTaxom
Eumedonia Forster, 19387SpeciesTaxom
Euphilotes Mattoni, 1977American Dotted Blues16SpeciesTaxom
Eupsychellus Horsfield, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Everes Hübner, 181926SpeciesTaxom
Famegana Eliot, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Freyeria Moore, 1881Grass jewel6SpeciesTaxom
Glabroculus Lvovsky, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872Blues33SpeciesTaxom
Grumiana Zhdanko, 20040SpeciesTaxom
Harpendyreus Heron, 1909Mountain Blues18SpeciesTaxom
Hemiargus Hübner, 181815SpeciesTaxom
Holochila Felder, 186211SpeciesTaxom
Hypojamides Moore, 1881Lineblues1SpeciesTaxom
Icaricia Nabokov, 194410SpeciesTaxom
Iolana Bethune-Baker, 19148SpeciesTaxom
Ionolyce Toxopeus, 19295SpeciesTaxom
Itylos Draudt, 192134SpeciesTaxom
Jameela Grund & East..., 20102SpeciesTaxom
Jamides Hübner, 1819Ceruleans104SpeciesTaxom
Kretania Beuret, 195916SpeciesTaxom
Lampides Hübner, 1819Ceruleans and Peablues67SpeciesTaxom
Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1923Giant Cupids158SpeciesTaxom
Leptotes Scudder, 1876Common Blues39SpeciesTaxom
Lestranicus Eliot & Kawa..., 19832SpeciesTaxom
Luthrodes Moore, 1881Cupids8SpeciesTaxom
Lycaeides Hübner, 181930SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenesthes Doubleday, 1847Ciliate blue14SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenopsis C.Felder & R..., 1865Hedge Blues37SpeciesTaxom
Lysandra Hemming, 193326SpeciesTaxom
Lyzanius1SpeciesTaxom
Maculinea Van Eecke, 1915Large blues11SpeciesTaxom
Madeleinea Bálint, 199325SpeciesTaxom
Maurus Bálint, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Megisba Moore, 1881Malayan3SpeciesTaxom
Micropsyche Mattoni, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Microscena Hübner, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Monile Ungemach, 1932Ciliate blue2SpeciesTaxom
Monodontides Toxopeus, 19278SpeciesTaxom
Nabokovia Hemming, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Nacaduba Moore, 1881Lineblues116SpeciesTaxom
Neolucia Waterhouse &..., 1905Heath-blues5SpeciesTaxom
Neolysandra Koçak, 19774SpeciesTaxom
Neopithecops Distant, 1884Quaker7SpeciesTaxom
Nesolycaena Waterhouse &..., 1905Opals5SpeciesTaxom
Neurellipes Bethune-Baker, 1910Ciliate blue8SpeciesTaxom
Neurypexina Doubleday, 1847Ciliate blue1SpeciesTaxom
Niphanda Moore, 1875Pointed Pierrots8SpeciesTaxom
Notarthrinus Chapman, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Nothodanis Hirowatari, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Oboronia Karsch, 18939SpeciesTaxom
Orachrysops Vári & Kroon, 198611SpeciesTaxom
Oraidium Bethune-Baker, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Oreolyce Toxopeus, 1927Hedge Blues6SpeciesTaxom
Orthomiella de Nicéville, 1890Straightwing Blues5SpeciesTaxom
Otnjukovia Zhdanko, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Palaeophilotes Forster, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Pamiria Tutt, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Parachilades Draudt, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Paraduba Bethune-Baker, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Paralycaeides Nabokov, 19458SpeciesTaxom
Parelodina Bethune-Baker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Patricius Bálint, 19918SpeciesTaxom
Perpheres Hirowatari, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929Dingy Lineblues5SpeciesTaxom
Phaedrotes Scudder, 1872Blues1SpeciesTaxom
Phengaris Doherty, 1891Great Spotted Blues16SpeciesTaxom
Philotes Scudder, 187610SpeciesTaxom
Philotiella Mattoni, 1978Small Blues2SpeciesTaxom
Phlyaria Karsch, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Pistoria Hemming, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Pithcops1SpeciesTaxom
Pithecops Horsfield, 1828Forest Quakers12SpeciesTaxom
Plautella Eliot & Kawa..., 19831SpeciesTaxom
Plebeius Kluk, 178052SpeciesTaxom
Plebejidea Koçak, 19833SpeciesTaxom
Plebejides Kluk, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Plebejus Kluk, 1780Small Jewel Blues177SpeciesTaxom
Plebicula Latreille, 180412SpeciesTaxom
Plebulina Kluk, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Polyommatus Latreille, 1804Meadow Blues362SpeciesTaxom
Praephilotes Forster, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1891Lineblues32SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochrysops Nabokov, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolucia Nabokov, 194552SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonacaduba Stempffer, 1943African Line Blues2SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1958Chequered Blues15SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozizeeria Beuret, 1955Pale grass blue2SpeciesTaxom
Psychonotis Toxopeus, 193015SpeciesTaxom
Ptox Toxopeus, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pycnophallium Toxopeus, 1929Pierrots2SpeciesTaxom
Rhinelephas Toxopeus, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Rimisia Zhdanko, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Rueckbeilia Lukhtanov , ..., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Rysops Eliot, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Sahulana Hirowatari, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Sancterila Eliot & Kawa..., 19833SpeciesTaxom
Scolitantides Hübner, 18198SpeciesTaxom
Shijimia Matsumura, 1919Moore´s Cupids2SpeciesTaxom
Shijimiaeoides Beuret, 19583SpeciesTaxom
Sidima Eliot & Kawa..., 19833SpeciesTaxom
Sinia Forster, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Sinocupido1SpeciesTaxom
Solomona Tennent, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Syntarucus Scudder, 1876Zebra blue14SpeciesTaxom
Talicada Moore, 1881Red Pierrot3SpeciesTaxom
Tartesa Hirowatari, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Tarucus Moore, 1881Blue pierrots38SpeciesTaxom
Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Theclinesthes Röber, 189111SpeciesTaxom
Thermoniphas Karsch, 189515SpeciesTaxom
Tongeia Tutt, 190814SpeciesTaxom
Triclema Karsch, 1893Ciliate blue15SpeciesTaxom
Turanana Bethune-Baker, 191611SpeciesTaxom
Tuxentius Larsen, 1982Pied pierrots12SpeciesTaxom
Udara Toxopeus, 1928Hedge Blues45SpeciesTaxom
Una de Nicéville, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Uranobothria Toxopeus, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Uranothauma Butler, 189524SpeciesTaxom
Vacciniina Tutt, 19096SpeciesTaxom
Vaga Zimmerman, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Zetona Waterhouse, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Zintha Eliot, 1973Blue-eyed Pierrots1SpeciesTaxom
Zizeeria Chapman, 1910Grass blues12SpeciesTaxom
Zizera Schrank, 18013SpeciesTaxom
Zizina Chapman, 1910Lesser Grass Blues11SpeciesTaxom
Zizula Chapman, 1910Grass blues5SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Polyommatinae with occurrences in Continents
TribeCandalidini
Eliot, 1973
9
93
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLycaenesthini
Toxopeus, 1929
7
211
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeNiphandini
Moore, 1875
1
8
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePolyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues
147
2775
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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