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Taxonomy of Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827
The 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
DivisionDitrysia
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
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers
1005
38169
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPolyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues
193
15190
Genera
Species
TribePolyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues
155
13477
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Polyommatini Swainson, 1827
SubtribePolyommatina
Talavera & al, 2012
33
5727
Genera
Species
GenusActizera
Chapman, 1910
17Species
GenusAcytolepis
Toxopeus, 1927
Hedge Blues
92Species
GenusAcytolepsis
Toxopeus, 1927
7Species
GenusAgrodiaetus
Hübner, 1822
  ⇒ Plebeius
337Species
GenusAlbulina
Tutt, 1909
  ⇒ Plebeius
Mountain Blues
130Species
GenusApolampes
0Species
GenusAzanus
Moore, 1881
Babul Blues
39Species
GenusBothrinia
Chapman, 1909
Hedge Cupids
15Species
GenusBrephidium
Scudder, 1876
Pygmy blues, Pygmy-Blues
23Species
GenusCacyreus
Butler, 1898
25Species
GenusCaerulea
Forster, 1938
8Species
GenusCaleta
Hirowatari, 1992
Angled Pierrot, Angled Pierrots
29Species
GenusCallenya
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
8Species
GenusCallictita
Bethune-Baker, 1908
20Species
GenusCastalius
Hübner, 1819
  ⇒ Caleta
Common Pierrot, Common Pierrots, Pierrots
150Species
GenusCatochrysops
Boisduval, 1832
Forget-me-nots, Pea-blues
150Species
GenusCatopyrops
Toxopeus, 1929
66Species
GenusCebrella
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
11Species
GenusCelastrina
Tutt, 1906
Azures, Cherry Gall Azure, Hedge Blues, Holarctic Azures
389Species
GenusCelatoxia
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
6Species
GenusCosmolyce
Hübner, 1819
  ⇒ Lampides
2Species
GenusCupido
Schrank, 1801
  ⇒ Rathinda
Tailed Blues
565Species
GenusCupidopsis
Karsch, 1895
Meadow blues
24Species
GenusCyclyrius
Butler, 1897
  ⇒ Leptotes
30Species
GenusDanis
Fabricius, 1807
  ⇒ Danaus
151Species
GenusDiscolampa
Toxopeus, 1929
Banded blue Pierrot, Banded Blue Pierrots
32Species
GenusEicochrysops
Bethune-Baker, 1924
35Species
GenusElkalyce
Bálint & Johnson, 1996
130Species
GenusEpimastidia
H. H. Druce, 1891
24Species
GenusErysichton
Fruhstorfer, 1916
37Species
GenusEuchrysops
Butler, 1900
Cupids, Gram Blues
133Species
GenusEuphilotes
Mattoni, 1977
American Dotted Blues
108Species
GenusEupsychellus
Horsfield, 1828
  ⇒ Pithecops
9Species
GenusEveres
Hübner, 1819
145Species
GenusFamegana
Eliot, 1973
8Species
GenusGlaucopsyche
Scudder, 1872
Blues
251Species
GenusHarpendyreus
Heron, 1909
Mountain Blues
31Species
GenusHypojamides
Moore, 1881
  ⇒ Pepliphorus
Lineblues
1Species
GenusIolana
Bethune-Baker, 1914
61Species
GenusIonolyce
Toxopeus, 1929
22Species
GenusJameela
Grund & Eastwood, 2010
7Species
GenusJamides
Hübner, 1819
Ceruleans
445Species
GenusLampides
Hübner, 1819
Ceruleans and Peablues, Ceruleans and the peablue
444Species
GenusLepidochrysops
Hedicke, 1923
Giant Cupids
261Species
GenusLeptotes
Scudder, 1876
Common Blues, Zebra blues
110Species
GenusLestranicus
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
2Species
GenusLycaenopsis
C.Felder & R.Felder, 1865
Hedge Blues
202Species
GenusMaculinea
Van Eecke, 1915
  ⇒ Phengaris
Large blues
273Species
GenusMadeleinea
Bálint, 1993
25Species
GenusMegisba
Moore, 1881
Malayan, Malayans
41Species
GenusMicropsyche
Mattoni, 1978
1Species
GenusMonodontides
Toxopeus, 1927
13Species
GenusNacaduba
Moore, 1881
Lineblues
530Species
GenusNeolucia
Waterhouse & Turner, 1905
Heath-blues
20Species
GenusNeopithecops
Distant, 1884
Quaker, Quakers
57Species
GenusNotarthrinus
Chapman, 1908
8Species
GenusNothodanis
Hirowatari, 1992
7Species
GenusOboronia
Karsch, 1893
22Species
GenusOrachrysops
Vári & Kroon, 1986
13Species
GenusOraidium
Bethune-Baker, 1914
2Species
GenusOreolyce
Toxopeus, 1927
Hedge Blues
17Species
GenusOrthomiella
de Nicéville, 1890
Straightwing Blues
15Species
GenusOtnjukovia
Zhdanko, 1997
1Species
GenusPalaeophilotes
Forster, 1938
1Species
GenusParachilades
Draudt in Seitz, 1921
  ⇒ Itylos
7Species
GenusParaduba
Bethune-Baker, 1906
10Species
GenusParelodina
Bethune-Baker, 1904
  ⇒ Elodinesthes
2Species
GenusPepliphorus
Moore, 1881
  ⇒ Nacaduba
Lineblues
13Species
GenusPerpheres
Hirowatari, 1992
1Species
GenusPetrelaea
Toxopeus, 1929
Dingy Lineblues
17Species
GenusPhaedrotes
Scudder, 1872
  ⇒ Glaucopsyche
Blues
12Species
GenusPhengaris
Doherty, 1891
Great Spotted Blues, Large blues
68Species
GenusPhilotes
Scudder, 1876
42Species
GenusPhilotiella
Mattoni, 1978
Small Blues
8Species
GenusPhlyaria
Karsch, 1895
15Species
GenusPistoria
Hemming, 1964
19Species
GenusPithecops
Horsfield, 1828
Forest Quakers
58Species
GenusPlautella
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
8Species
GenusPlebeius
Kluk, 1780
  ⇒ Plebejus
347Species
GenusPraephilotes
Forster, 1938
2Species
GenusProsotas
H. H. Druce, 1891
Lineblues
114Species
GenusPseudonacaduba
Stempffer, 1943
  ⇒ Petrelaea
African Line Blues
6Species
GenusPseudophilotes
Beuret, 1958
  ⇒ Scolitantides
Chequered Blues
87Species
GenusPseudothecla
Scudder, 1876
  ⇒ Satyrium
51Species
GenusPseudozizeeria
Beuret, 1955
Pale grass blue, Pale Grass Blues
24Species
GenusPsychonotis
Toxopeus, 1930
47Species
GenusPtox
Toxopeus, 1928
7Species
GenusPycnophallium
Toxopeus, 1929
  ⇒ Caleta
Pierrots
36Species
GenusRhinelephas
Toxopeus, 1927
5Species
GenusRysops
Eliot, 1973
  ⇒ Catochrysops
2Species
GenusSahulana
Hirowatari, 1992
1Species
GenusSancterila
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
10Species
GenusScolitantides
Hübner, 1819
83Species
GenusShijimia
Matsumura, 1919
Moore´s Cupids
5Species
GenusShijimiaeoides
Beuret, 1958
22Species
GenusSidima
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
4Species
GenusSinia
Forster, 1940
17Species
GenusSinocupido
1Species
GenusSolomona
Tennent, 2000
2Species
GenusSubsolanoides
Koiwaya, 1989
1Species
GenusSyntarucoides
Scudder, 1876
  ⇒ Leptotes
Zebra blues
0Species
GenusSyntarucus
Scudder, 1876
  ⇒ Leptotes
Zebra blue, Zebra blues
26Species
GenusTalicada
Moore, 1881
Red Pierrot, Red Pierrots
22Species
GenusTartesa
Hirowatari, 1992
4Species
GenusTarucus
Moore, 1881
Blue pierrots, Pierrots
109Species
GenusThaumaina
Bethune-Baker, 1908
5Species
GenusTheclinesthes
Röber, 1891
40Species
GenusThermoniphas
Karsch, 1895
28Species
GenusTongeia
Tutt, 1908
42Species
GenusTuranana
Bethune-Baker, 1916
41Species
GenusTuxentius
Larsen, 1982
Pied pierrots, Pies
24Species
GenusUdara
Toxopeus, 1928
Hedge Blues
148Species
GenusUna
de Nicéville, 1890
7Species
GenusUpolampes
Bethune-Baker, 1908
4Species
GenusUranobothria
Toxopeus, 1927
2Species
GenusUranothauma
Butler, 1895
53Species
GenusUtica
Hewitson, 1865
  ⇒ Theclinesthes
5Species
GenusZintha
Eliot, 1973
Blue-eyed Pierrots
7Species
GenusZizeeria
Chapman, 1910
Grass blues
77Species
GenusZizera
Schrank, 1801
  ⇒ Cupido
45Species
GenusZizina
Chapman, 1910
Lesser Grass Blues
52Species
GenusZizula
Chapman, 1910
Grass blues, Tiny grass blue, Tiny Grass Blues
17Species

Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Polyommatini
EnglishThe Blues
DanishEgentlige blåfugle
SwedishBlåvingar
FinnishSinisiivet


Distribution and Species lists of Polyommatini Swainson, 1827
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Afghanistan
15 Genera  42 Species
Albania
21 Genera  53 Species
Algeria
19 Genera  49 Species
Andorra
17 Genera  46 Species
Angola
26 Genera  61 Species
Argentina
15 Genera  40 Species
Armenia
27 Genera  123 Species
Australia
62 Genera  185 Species
Austria
24 Genera  98 Species
Azerbaijan
23 Genera  64 Species
Bahamas
14 Genera  17 Species
Bahrain
6 Genera  9 Species
Bangladesh
24 Genera  45 Species
Barbados
2 Genera  3 Species
Belarus
14 Genera  38 Species
Belgium
16 Genera  53 Species
Belize
9 Genera  11 Species
Benin
18 Genera  27 Species
Bhutan
33 Genera  60 Species
Bolivia
15 Genera  28 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 Genera  62 Species
Botswana
21 Genera  42 Species
Brazil
21 Genera  35 Species
Brunei
3 Genera  3 Species
Bulgaria
26 Genera  107 Species
Burkina Faso
17 Genera  39 Species
Burundi
7 Genera  13 Species
Cambodia
21 Genera  32 Species
Cameroon
33 Genera  99 Species
Canada
38 Genera  104 Species
Cape Verde
10 Genera  13 Species
Central African Republic
12 Genera  24 Species
Chad
3 Genera  7 Species
Chile
12 Genera  60 Species
China
69 Genera  307 Species
Colombia
24 Genera  38 Species
Comoros
9 Genera  10 Species
Cook Islands
6 Genera  7 Species
Costa Rica
25 Genera  47 Species
Croatia
21 Genera  61 Species
Cuba
17 Genera  32 Species
Cyprus
14 Genera  20 Species
Czech Republic
21 Genera  70 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
31 Genera  124 Species
Denmark
17 Genera  34 Species
Djibouti
1 Genus  2 Species
Dominica
2 Genera  2 Species
Dominican Republic
7 Genera  12 Species
East Timor
13 Genera  14 Species
Ecuador
16 Genera  34 Species
Egypt
19 Genera  35 Species
El Salvador
3 Genera  3 Species
Equatorial Guinea
4 Genera  7 Species
Eritrea
11 Genera  10 Species
Estonia
17 Genera  41 Species
Ethiopia
24 Genera  101 Species
Fiji
12 Genera  29 Species
Finland
21 Genera  77 Species
France
36 Genera  164 Species
Gabon
14 Genera  22 Species
Gambia
19 Genera  35 Species
Georgia
21 Genera  60 Species
Germany
33 Genera  123 Species
Ghana
26 Genera  73 Species
Greece
34 Genera  128 Species
Grenada
2 Genera  3 Species
Guatemala
15 Genera  26 Species
Guinea
20 Genera  48 Species
Guinea-Bissau
9 Genera  11 Species
Guyana
3 Genera  5 Species
Haiti
6 Genera  9 Species
Honduras
11 Genera  24 Species
Hungary
21 Genera  81 Species
Iceland
14 Genera  14 Species
India
68 Genera  336 Species
Indonesia
73 Genera  465 Species
Iran
37 Genera  194 Species
Iraq
16 Genera  30 Species
Ireland
10 Genera  15 Species
Israel
18 Genera  33 Species
Italy
28 Genera  128 Species
Ivory Coast
25 Genera  52 Species
Jamaica
7 Genera  13 Species
Japan
44 Genera  93 Species
Jordan
16 Genera  26 Species
Kazakhstan
20 Genera  53 Species
Kenya
38 Genera  137 Species
Kosovo
1 Genus  1 Species
Kuwait
4 Genera  4 Species
Kyrgyzstan
21 Genera  58 Species
Laos
36 Genera  72 Species
Latvia
14 Genera  34 Species
Lebanon
20 Genera  68 Species
Lesotho
16 Genera  37 Species
Liberia
23 Genera  41 Species
Libya
5 Genera  4 Species
Liechtenstein
18 Genera  48 Species
Lithuania
13 Genera  36 Species
Luxembourg
14 Genera  40 Species
Madagascar
30 Genera  67 Species
Malawi
30 Genera  102 Species
Malaysia
44 Genera  147 Species
Mali
7 Genera  11 Species
Malta
16 Genera  27 Species
Marshall Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Mauritania
5 Genera  10 Species
Mauritius
13 Genera  17 Species
Mexico
29 Genera  70 Species
Micronesia
26 Genera  34 Species
Moldova
19 Genera  40 Species
Monaco
1 Genus  1 Species
Mongolia
16 Genera  68 Species
Montenegro
20 Genera  44 Species
Morocco
21 Genera  55 Species
Mozambique
28 Genera  64 Species
Myanmar
37 Genera  100 Species
Namibia
23 Genera  44 Species
Nauru
1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
39 Genera  93 Species
Netherlands
39 Genera  143 Species
New Zealand
13 Genera  19 Species
Nicaragua
12 Genera  19 Species
Niger
9 Genera  15 Species
Nigeria
31 Genera  111 Species
Niue
5 Genera  4 Species
North Korea
13 Genera  24 Species
Norway
18 Genera  151 Species
Oman
14 Genera  22 Species
Pakistan
36 Genera  112 Species
Palau
17 Genera  22 Species
Palestine
13 Genera  19 Species
Panama
13 Genera  27 Species
Papua New Guinea
55 Genera  190 Species
Paraguay
6 Genera  7 Species
Peru
25 Genera  75 Species
Philippines
42 Genera  121 Species
Poland
19 Genera  63 Species
Portugal
19 Genera  47 Species
Qatar
6 Genera  9 Species
Republic of the Congo
10 Genera  20 Species
Republic South Africa
45 Genera  199 Species
Romania
22 Genera  69 Species
Russia
38 Genera  220 Species
Rwanda
20 Genera  37 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 Genera  3 Species
Saint Lucia
9 Genera  7 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6 Genera  7 Species
Samoa
8 Genera  10 Species
San Marino
5 Genera  8 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
6 Genera  8 Species
Saudi Arabia
16 Genera  31 Species
Senegal
21 Genera  48 Species
Serbia
18 Genera  59 Species
Seychelles
4 Genera  4 Species
Sierra Leone
24 Genera  46 Species
Singapore
27 Genera  55 Species
Slovakia
19 Genera  57 Species
Slovenia
22 Genera  57 Species
Solomon Islands
43 Genera  107 Species
Somalia
8 Genera  26 Species
Somaliland
7 Genera  18 Species
South Korea
17 Genera  32 Species
South Sudan
16 Genera  41 Species
Spain
32 Genera  153 Species
Sri Lanka
38 Genera  103 Species
Sudan
15 Genera  49 Species
Suriname
6 Genera  9 Species
Sweden
28 Genera  77 Species
Switzerland
37 Genera  112 Species
Syria
14 Genera  28 Species
Taiwan
42 Genera  122 Species
Tajikistan
23 Genera  66 Species
Tanzania
33 Genera  148 Species
Thailand
49 Genera  127 Species
Togo
18 Genera  32 Species
Tonga
10 Genera  10 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
7 Genera  11 Species
Tunisia
15 Genera  23 Species
Turkey
38 Genera  266 Species
Turkmenistan
15 Genera  35 Species
Tuvalu
1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
33 Genera  150 Species
Ukraine
21 Genera  72 Species
United Arab Emirates
7 Genera  11 Species
United Kingdom
42 Genera  87 Species
Uruguay
3 Genera  4 Species
USA
50 Genera  233 Species
Uzbekistan
21 Genera  60 Species
Vanuatu
17 Genera  32 Species
Venezuela
12 Genera  15 Species
Vietnam
42 Genera  86 Species
Yemen
17 Genera  40 Species
Zambia
30 Genera  122 Species
Zimbabwe
34 Genera  99 Species


Distribution on islands
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Aldabra Group
1 Genus  1 Species
Alnön
5 Genera  8 Species
Alor Archipelago
1 Genus  1 Species
Amchitka Island
1 Genus  1 Species
Anholt
5 Genera  6 Species
Anjouan
1 Genus  0 Species
Arholma
4 Genera  5 Species
Auskerry
1 Genus  1 Species
Basse-Terre Island
2 Genera  2 Species
Burray
1 Genus  1 Species
Capricorn Group
6 Genera  7 Species
Dunk Island
2 Genera  2 Species
El Hierro
5 Genera  5 Species
Erskine Island
1 Genus  2 Species
Fuerteventura
6 Genera  6 Species
Gairsay
1 Genus  1 Species
Goat Island
1 Genus  1 Species
Gran Canaria
7 Genera  7 Species
Grande Comore
1 Genus  1 Species
Greifswalder Oie
2 Genera  2 Species
Hebrides
1 Genus  1 Species
Heron Island
4 Genera  5 Species
Hiiumaa
1 Genus  1 Species
Inner Hebrides
1 Genus  1 Species
Isla Mayor
2 Genera  2 Species
Islands of Chile
12 Genera  15 Species
Kai Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Kirkeøy
1 Genus  1 Species
Kodiak Island
1 Genus  1 Species
La Digue
1 Genus  1 Species
La Gomera
6 Genera  7 Species
La Graciosa
1 Genus  1 Species
La Palma
8 Genera  8 Species
Lamb Holm
1 Genus  1 Species
Langkawi
7 Genera  13 Species
Lanzarote
3 Genera  3 Species
Lord Howe Island
3 Genera  4 Species
Macaronesia
18 Genera  25 Species
Magnetic Island
4 Genera  4 Species
Mahé
1 Genus  1 Species
Mangole
4 Genera  4 Species
Masthead Island
1 Genus  2 Species
Moa Island
10 Genera  11 Species
Møn
4 Genera  7 Species
North West Island
1 Genus  1 Species
Northern Isles
2 Genera  2 Species
Northern Orkney Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Obi Islands
7 Genera  12 Species
Obira
2 Genera  2 Species
One Tree Island
1 Genus  1 Species
Orkney Islands
2 Genera  2 Species
Outer Hebrides
1 Genus  1 Species
Porto Santo Island
2 Genera  2 Species
Puhtu
4 Genera  4 Species
Rat Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Rousay
1 Genus  1 Species
Rügen
3 Genera  4 Species
Ruhnu
3 Genera  4 Species
Sanday
1 Genus  1 Species
Shapinsay
1 Genus  1 Species
Shetland Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Skye
1 Genus  1 Species
South Ronaldsay
1 Genus  1 Species
South Walls
1 Genus  1 Species
Southern Orkney Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
Store Færder
5 Genera  5 Species
Stradbroke Island
9 Genera  10 Species
Sula Besi
3 Genera  2 Species
Swona
1 Genus  1 Species
Tenerife
8 Genera  9 Species
Ternate
3 Genera  3 Species
Thursday Island
9 Genera  10 Species
Tryon Island
1 Genus  1 Species
Uist
1 Genus  1 Species
Vancouver Island
8 Genera  10 Species
Vilm
3 Genera  4 Species
Watubela Archipelago
1 Genus  1 Species
Wellington
11 Genera  14 Species
West Aleutians
1 Genus  1 Species
Wilson Island
2 Genera  2 Species
Wreck Island
1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations


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