Polyommatinae (Swainson 1827), Blues ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Subfamily

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Taxonomy of Subfamily Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	208 32654 567261	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	197 32461 565431	Families Genera Species
Division	Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Butterflies, Moths, Skippers	186 32290 560864	Families Genera Species
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	74 20388 404639	Families Genera Species
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	66 18154 371101	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	13 3266 144998	Families Genera Species
Family	Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings	1005 38169	Genera Species
Subfamily	Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827 Blues, Weak Blues	193 15190	Genera Species

Subnodes of Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827

Tribe	Candalidini Eliot, 1973	11 353	Genera Species
Tribe	Lycaenesthini Toxopeus, 1929	8 754	Genera Species
Tribe	Niphandini Moore, 1875	1 35	Genus Species
Tribe	Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 The Blues	155 13477	Genera Species
Genus	Apelles Hemming, 1931 ⇒ Bajluana	5	Species
Genus	Boliviella E. Balletto, 1993 ⇒ Paralycaeides	0	Species
Genus	Cherchiella Balletto, 1993 ⇒ Pseudolucia	0	Species
Genus	Facula Balletto, 1993 ⇒ Pseudolucia	0	Species
Genus	Ityloides Draudt in Seitz, 1921 ⇒ Itylos	0	Species
Genus	Lycaeides Hübner, 1819 ⇒ Plebejus	292	Species
Genus	Lyzanius	1	Species
Genus	Maslowskia A.I. Kurentzov, 1974 ⇒ Celastrina	0	Species
Genus	Nesolyceana Waterhouse & Turner, 1905	3	Species
Genus	Niphandra	0	Species
Genus	Nivalis Balletto, 1993 ⇒ Madeleinea	0	Species
Genus	Pallidula Balletto, 1993 ⇒ Pseudolucia	0	Species
Genus	Pithcops	1	Species
Genus	Plebejides ♰ Kluk, 1780 ⇒ Plebejus	10	Species
Genus	Plebicula Latreille, 1804	182	Species
Genus	Umpria Kluk, 1780 ⇒ Aricia	0	Species
Genus	Vacciniina Tutt, 1909 ⇒ Plebeius	75	Species
Genus	Vaga Zimmerman, 1958 ⇒ Udara	2	Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Polyommatinae

English	Blues, Weak Blues
Swedish	Äkta juvelvingar
Finnish	Sinisiivet

Distribution and Species lists of Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827

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Afghanistan
18 Genera  47 SpeciesAlbania
21 Genera  53 SpeciesAlgeria
19 Genera  49 SpeciesAndorra
18 Genera  47 SpeciesAngola
33 Genera  86 SpeciesArgentina
23 Genera  56 SpeciesArmenia
27 Genera  123 SpeciesAustralia
70 Genera  248 SpeciesAustria
26 Genera  103 SpeciesAzerbaijan
23 Genera  66 SpeciesBahamas
16 Genera  20 SpeciesBahrain
6 Genera  9 SpeciesBangladesh
25 Genera  47 SpeciesBarbados
2 Genera  3 SpeciesBelarus
14 Genera  38 SpeciesBelgium
16 Genera  53 SpeciesBelize
9 Genera  11 SpeciesBenin
21 Genera  41 SpeciesBhutan
34 Genera  62 SpeciesBolivia
17 Genera  34 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
23 Genera  63 SpeciesBotswana
22 Genera  52 SpeciesBrazil
22 Genera  36 SpeciesBrunei
3 Genera  3 SpeciesBulgaria
26 Genera  107 SpeciesBurkina Faso
19 Genera  53 SpeciesBurundi
8 Genera  18 SpeciesCambodia
22 Genera  34 SpeciesCameroon
39 Genera  190 SpeciesCanada
47 Genera  126 SpeciesCape Verde
11 Genera  14 SpeciesCentral African Republic
16 Genera  46 SpeciesChad
3 Genera  7 SpeciesChile
12 Genera  60 SpeciesChina
74 Genera  319 SpeciesColombia
33 Genera  67 SpeciesComoros
9 Genera  10 SpeciesCook Islands
6 Genera  7 SpeciesCosta Rica
26 Genera  48 SpeciesCroatia
22 Genera  62 SpeciesCuba
17 Genera  32 SpeciesCyprus
14 Genera  20 SpeciesCzech Republic
24 Genera  73 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
36 Genera  215 SpeciesDenmark
19 Genera  37 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Genus  2 SpeciesDominica
2 Genera  2 SpeciesDominican Republic
7 Genera  13 SpeciesEast Timor
14 Genera  15 SpeciesEcuador
24 Genera  48 SpeciesEgypt
21 Genera  37 SpeciesEl Salvador
3 Genera  3 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
6 Genera  10 SpeciesEritrea
12 Genera  13 SpeciesEstonia
18 Genera  42 SpeciesEthiopia
28 Genera  130 SpeciesFiji
13 Genera  31 SpeciesFinland
24 Genera  79 SpeciesFrance
47 Genera  193 SpeciesGabon
20 Genera  69 SpeciesGambia
21 Genera  43 SpeciesGeorgia
21 Genera  47 SpeciesGermany
36 Genera  126 SpeciesGhana
34 Genera  143 SpeciesGreece
37 Genera  133 SpeciesGrenada
2 Genera  3 SpeciesGuatemala
15 Genera  26 SpeciesGuinea
27 Genera  78 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
11 Genera  19 SpeciesGuyana
3 Genera  5 SpeciesHaiti
6 Genera  9 SpeciesHonduras
12 Genera  23 SpeciesHungary
22 Genera  82 SpeciesIceland
15 Genera  15 SpeciesIndia
74 Genera  353 SpeciesIndonesia
80 Genera  508 SpeciesIran
41 Genera  198 SpeciesIraq
16 Genera  30 SpeciesIreland
12 Genera  18 SpeciesIsrael
18 Genera  33 SpeciesItaly
32 Genera  137 SpeciesIvory Coast
30 Genera  103 SpeciesJamaica
10 Genera  16 SpeciesJapan
48 Genera  106 SpeciesJordan
17 Genera  30 SpeciesKazakhstan
20 Genera  53 SpeciesKenya
44 Genera  197 SpeciesKosovo
1 Genus  1 SpeciesKuwait
4 Genera  4 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
21 Genera  58 SpeciesLaos
39 Genera  80 SpeciesLatvia
15 Genera  35 SpeciesLebanon
18 Genera  62 SpeciesLesotho
18 Genera  40 SpeciesLiberia
29 Genera  73 SpeciesLibya
5 Genera  4 SpeciesLiechtenstein
19 Genera  49 SpeciesLithuania
14 Genera  37 SpeciesLuxembourg
14 Genera  40 SpeciesMadagascar
31 Genera  69 SpeciesMalawi
35 Genera  129 SpeciesMalaysia
47 Genera  157 SpeciesMali
8 Genera  13 SpeciesMalta
16 Genera  27 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritania
6 Genera  12 SpeciesMauritius
13 Genera  17 SpeciesMexico
30 Genera  72 SpeciesMicronesia
26 Genera  34 SpeciesMoldova
19 Genera  40 SpeciesMonaco
1 Genus  1 SpeciesMongolia
20 Genera  72 SpeciesMontenegro
20 Genera  44 SpeciesMorocco
22 Genera  57 SpeciesMozambique
30 Genera  79 SpeciesMyanmar
42 Genera  117 SpeciesNamibia
24 Genera  48 SpeciesNauru
1 Genus  1 SpeciesNepal
41 Genera  96 SpeciesNetherlands
49 Genera  163 SpeciesNew Zealand
19 Genera  27 SpeciesNicaragua
13 Genera  20 SpeciesNiger
11 Genera  18 SpeciesNigeria
37 Genera  185 SpeciesNiue
5 Genera  4 SpeciesNorth Korea
16 Genera  27 SpeciesNorway
22 Genera  154 SpeciesOman
15 Genera  23 SpeciesPakistan
37 Genera  112 SpeciesPalau
17 Genera  22 SpeciesPalestine
19 Genera  30 SpeciesPanama
12 Genera  25 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
60 Genera  223 SpeciesParaguay
6 Genera  7 SpeciesPeru
29 Genera  91 SpeciesPhilippines
46 Genera  127 SpeciesPoland
19 Genera  63 SpeciesPortugal
22 Genera  53 SpeciesQatar
6 Genera  9 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
15 Genera  67 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
49 Genera  228 SpeciesRomania
23 Genera  70 SpeciesRussia
44 Genera  232 SpeciesRwanda
21 Genera  44 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
4 Genera  4 SpeciesSaint Lucia
11 Genera  9 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
6 Genera  7 SpeciesSamoa
8 Genera  10 SpeciesSan Marino
5 Genera  8 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
6 Genera  8 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
17 Genera  33 SpeciesSenegal
23 Genera  59 SpeciesSerbia
18 Genera  59 SpeciesSeychelles
4 Genera  4 SpeciesSierra Leone
30 Genera  99 SpeciesSingapore
30 Genera  59 SpeciesSlovakia
19 Genera  57 SpeciesSlovenia
23 Genera  58 SpeciesSolomon Islands
49 Genera  112 SpeciesSomalia
9 Genera  32 SpeciesSomaliland
8 Genera  25 SpeciesSouth Korea
19 Genera  35 SpeciesSouth Sudan
17 Genera  48 SpeciesSpain
35 Genera  159 SpeciesSri Lanka
40 Genera  107 SpeciesSudan
18 Genera  62 SpeciesSuriname
6 Genera  9 SpeciesSweden
50 Genera  140 SpeciesSwitzerland
42 Genera  123 SpeciesSyria
13 Genera  24 SpeciesTaiwan
43 Genera  123 SpeciesTajikistan
25 Genera  67 SpeciesTanzania
38 Genera  225 SpeciesThailand
53 Genera  137 SpeciesTogo
22 Genera  61 SpeciesTonga
10 Genera  10 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
7 Genera  11 SpeciesTunisia
15 Genera  23 SpeciesTurkey
42 Genera  272 SpeciesTurkmenistan
16 Genera  36 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
40 Genera  226 SpeciesUkraine
22 Genera  73 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
8 Genera  12 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
50 Genera  121 SpeciesUruguay
3 Genera  4 SpeciesUSA
59 Genera  271 SpeciesUzbekistan
22 Genera  61 SpeciesVanuatu
18 Genera  32 SpeciesVenezuela
12 Genera  15 SpeciesVietnam
45 Genera  94 SpeciesYemen
18 Genera  44 SpeciesZambia
35 Genera  157 SpeciesZimbabwe
37 Genera  134 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
4 Genera  4 SpeciesGreen River Formation
1 Genus  0 SpeciesMuch Wenlock Limestone Formation
3 Genera  3 SpeciesRott Formation
2 Genera  2 Species

Links, sources and further information

Polyommatinae at artfakta.se
Polyommatinae at dyntaxa.se
Polyommatinae at itis.gov