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Polyommatinae
Sinisiivet Blues Weak Blues
Polyommatinae, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Polyommatinae (Lycaenidae) ; [NL4A, 138]; [AfrL]
Tribe Candalidini
Candalides Hübner, [1819]
Nesolycaena Waterhouse & Turner, 1905
Zetona Waterhouse, 1938
Tribe Niphandini
Niphanda Moore, [1875]
Tribe Lycaenesthini
Ciliate Blues Hairtails
Lycaenesthini (Polyommatinae) ; [AfrL]
Anthene Doubleday, 1847 Ciliate Blues Hairtails
Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895
Tribe Polyommatini
Polyommatini (Polyommatinae) ; [AfrL]
Orthomiella de Nicéville, 1890
Una de Nicéville, 1890
Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922
Discolampa Toxopeus, 1929
Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908
Castalius Hübner, [1819] Pierrots
Leptotes Scudder, 1876 Zebra Blues
Cyclyrius Butler, 1897
Cupidopsis Karsch, 1895 Meadow Blues
Pseudonacaduba Stempffer, 1942 African Line Blues
Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929
Nacaduba Moore, [1881]
Paraduba Bethune-Baker, 1906
Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916
Danis Fabricius, 1807
Nothodanis Hirowatari, 1992
Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1930
Prosotas Druce, 1891
Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1929
Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929
Theclinesthes Röber, 1891
Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992
Neolucia Waterhouse & Turner, 1905
Jamides Hübner, [1819] Ceruleans
Catochrysops Boisduval, 1832
Rysops Eliot, 1973
Lampides Hübner, [1819]
Callictita Bethune-Baker, 1908
Uranothauma Butler, 1895
Phlyaria Karsch, 1895
Cacyreus Butler, [1898]
Harpendyreus Heron, 1909 Mountain Blues
Tuxentius Larsen, 1982 Pied Pierrots Pies
Zintha Eliot, 1973
Tarucus Moore, [1881] Blue Pierrots Pierrots
Zizeeria Chapman, 1910 Grass Blues
Pseudozizeeria Beuret, 1955
Zizina Chapman, 1910 Grass Blues
Zizula Chapman, 1910 Grass Blues
Famegana Eliot, 1973
Brephidium Scudder, 1876
Oraidium Bethune-Baker, 1914
Actizera Chapman, 1910
Azanus Moore, [1881] Babul Blues
fi Cupido Schrank, 1801
Shijimia Matsumura, 1919
Tongeia Tutt, [1908]
Elkalyce Bálint & Johnson, 1995
Bothrinia Chapman, 1909
Sinocupido Lee, 1963
Talicada Moore, [1881]
Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]
Neopithecops Distant, 1884
Megisba Moore, [1881]
Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1924
Euchrysops Butler, 1900 Cupids
Orachrysops Vári, 1986
Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1923 Giant Cupids
Thermoniphas Karsch, 1895
Oboronia Karsch, 1893
Athysanota Karsch, 1895
Lycaenopsis C. & R. Felder, [1865] Hedge Blues
Oreolyce Toxopeus, 1927
Cebrella Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Plautella Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Callenya Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1927
Udara Toxopeus, 1928
Sidima Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Rhinelephas Toxopeus, 1927
Lestranicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
fi Celastrina Tutt, 1906
Notarthrinus Chapman, 1908
Uranobothria Toxopeus, 1927
Celatoxia Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Ptox Toxopeus, 1928
Celarchus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Sancterila Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927
Parelodina Bethune-Baker, 1904
fi Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1958
fi Scolitantides Hübner, [1819]
Euphilotes Mattoni, [1978]
Philotes Scudder, 1876
Philotiella Mattoni, [1978]
Palaeophilotes Forster, 1938
Praephilotes Forster, 1938
Otnjukovia Zhdanko, 1997
Turanana Bethune-Baker, 1916
Sinia Forster, 1940
fi Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872
Micropsyche Mattoni, 1978
Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914
Caerulea Forster, 1938
fi Maculinea van Eecke, 1915
Phengaris Doherty, 1891
"Polyommatus section"

"Polyommatus section" is arranged after [NEN40].

Cyclargus
Cyclargus Nabokov, 1945
Eldoradina Balletto, 1993
Itylos
Hemiargus Hübner, 1818
Itylos Draudt, [1921]
?
Pseudochrysops Nabokov, 1945
Nabokovia
Echinargus Nabokov, 1945
Nabokovia Hemming, 1960
Polyommatus
Pseudolucia Nabokov, 1945
fi Aricia Reichenbach, 1817
Madeleinea Bálint, 1993
Chilades Moore, [1881]
fi Plebejus Kluk, 1780
Paralycaeides Nabokov, 1945
fi Agriades Hübner, [1819]
Subsolanoides Koiwaya, 1989
fi Albulina Tutt, 1909
fi Polyommatus Latreille, 1804
?
Pistoria Hemming, 1964
Epimastidia Druce, 1891


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References:
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[NEN40]
Zsolt Bálint & Kurt Johnson, 1997; Reformation of the Polyommatus Section with a Taxonomic and Biogeographic Overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini); Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 40.; ISSN 0722-3773; e-mail: Kurt Johnson; and his web site; http://www.edutrek.net/
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea


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