Polyommatinae

Polyommatinae Blues Sinisiivet Weak Blues

Plebejinae

Plebejinae (Lycaenidae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 364
Polyommatinae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Polyommatinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 441; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 138; [NL4A], 138; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 236; [AfrL]; [FE]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78; [RFEL]

Tribe Lycaenesthini Ciliate Blues Hairtails

Lampidini

Lampidini (Plebejinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 364
Lycaenesthini (Polyommatinae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 382, 442; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 139; [AfrL]; Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 148

Anthene Doubleday, 1847 Ciliate Blues Hairtails — 130 spp.
Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895 — 18 spp.

Tribe Polyommatini

Everini
Plebejini
Zizeerini

Everini (Plebejinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 395
Plebejini (Plebejinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 397
Polyommatini (Polyommatinae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 382, 443; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: (1-102) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 140; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 236; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 83; [AfrL]; [FE]; [RFEL]
Zizeerini (Plebejinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 399

Subtribe Brephidina

Section Brephidium (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448
Brephidina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 148

Brephidium Scudder, 1876 — 3 spp.
Oraidium Bethune-Baker, 1914 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Pithecopina

Section Pithecops (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 56
Pithecopina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 148

Pithecops Horsfield, [1828] — 5 spp.

Subtribe Niphandina

Niphandini Eliot, 1973 (Polyommatinae); Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 382, 442; TG: Niphanda Moore

Niphandina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 148
Niphandini (Polyommatinae); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78; [RFEL]

Niphanda Moore, [1875] — 6 spp.

Subtribe Danina

Section Danis (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 444; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 24
Section Nacaduba (Polyommatini); Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 17; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 444
Section Prosotas (Polyommatini); Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 29
Danina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 149

Danis Fabricius, 1807 — 17 spp.
Prosotas Druce, 1891 — 18 spp.
Nothodanis Hirowatari, 1992 — 1 sp.
Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1929 — 8 spp.
Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929 — 3 spp.
Paraduba Bethune-Baker, 1906 — 5 spp.
Nacaduba Moore, [1881] — 48 spp.
Tartesa Hirowatari, 1992 — 2 spp.
Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916 — 1 sp.
Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010 — 2 spp.

Subtribe Azanina

Section Azanus (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448
Section Petrelaea (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 444; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 16
Section Una (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 443; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 14
Azanina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Azanus Moore, [1881] Babul Blues — 10 spp.
Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929 — 2 spp.
Pseudonacaduba Stempffer, 1942 African Line Blues — 2 spp.
Una de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890 — 1 sp.
Orthomiella de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890 — 6 spp.

Subtribe Theclinesthina

Section Theclinesthes (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 444; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 35
Theclinesthina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Theclinesthes Röber, 1891 — 6 spp.
Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992 — 1 sp.
Neolucia Waterhouse & Turner, 1905 — 3 spp.
Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Lycaenopsina

Section Eicochrysops (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448
Section Lycaenopsis (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449
Lycaenopsina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1924 — 15 spp.
Lycaenopsis C. & R. Felder, [1865] Hedge Blues — 1 sp.
Neopithecops Distant, 1884 — 5 spp.
Megisba Moore, [1881] — 2 spp.
Sancterila Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 7 spp.
Oreolyce Toxopeus, 1927 — 5 spp.
Celastrina Tutt, 1906 — 26 spp. 1 sp.
Notarthrinus Chapman, 1908 — 1 sp.
Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1927 — 6 spp.
Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927 — 9 spp.
Udara Toxopeus, 1928 — 40 spp.
Sidima Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 4 spp.
Ptox Toxopeus, 1928 — 2 spp.
Rhinelephas Toxopeus, 1927 — 2 spp.
Uranobothria Toxopeus, 1927 — 2 spp.
Parelodina Bethune-Baker, 1904 — 1 sp.

Group ?

Cebrella Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 5 spp.
Plautella Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 1 sp.
Callenya Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 3 spp.
Lestranicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 2 spp.
Celatoxia Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 — 3 spp.

Subtribe Jamidina

Section Jamides (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 445; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 43
Jamidina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Jamides Hübner, [1819] Ceruleans — 69 spp.
Epimastidia Druce, 1891 — 6 spp.

Subtribe Cacyreina

Section Cacyreus (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 446
Cacyreina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Cacyreus Butler, 1897 — 9 spp.
Harpendyreus Heron, 1909 Mountain Blues — 15 spp.

Subtribe Actizerina

Section Actizera (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447
Actizerina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Actizera Chapman, 1910 — 4 spp.

Subtribe Uranothaumatina

Section Phlyaria (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 446
Section Uranothauma (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 446
Uranothaumatina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Uranothauma Butler, 1895 — 22 spp.
Phlyaria Karsch, 1895 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Lampidina

Lampidini Eliot, 1973

Section Lampides (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 445; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 51
Lampidina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151
Lampidini (Polyommatinae); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78

Lampides Hübner, [1819] — 1 sp.

Subtribe Zizulina

Section Zizula (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447
Zizulina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Zizula Chapman, 1910 tiny grass blues — 2 spp.

Subtribe Catochrysopsina

Section Catochrysops (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 445; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 50
Catochrysopsina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Catochrysops Boisduval, 1832 — 7 spp.
Rysops Eliot, 1973 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Scolitantidina

Section Glaucopsyche (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449; Ugelvig, Vila, Pierce & Nash, 2011, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 61: 238
Scolitantidina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 — 13 spp. 1 sp.
Scolitantides Hübner, [1819] — 1 sp. 1 sp.
Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1958 — 10 spp. 1 sp.
Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914 — 9 spp.
Euphilotes Mattoni, [1978] — 13 spp.
Philotes Scudder, 1876 — 1 sp.
Philotiella Mattoni, [1978] — 2 spp.
Palaeophilotes Forster, 1938 — 1 sp.
Praephilotes Forster, 1938 — 2 spp.
Otnjukovia Zhdanko, 1997 — 1 sp.
Turanana Bethune-Baker, 1916 — 12 spp.
Sinia Forster, 1940 — 3 spp.
Micropsyche Mattoni, [1981] — 1 sp.
Subsolanoides Koiwaya, 1989 — 1 sp.
Caerulea Forster, 1938 — 3 spp.
Maculinea van Eecke, 1915 — 8 spp. 1 sp.
Phengaris Doherty, 1891 — 4 spp.

Subtribe Castaliina

Section Callictita (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 446; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 52
Section Castalius (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 54
Section Upolampes (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 444; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 39
Section Zintha (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447
Castaliina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Castalius Hübner, [1819] Pierrots — 5 spp.
Tarucus Moore, [1881] Pierrots Blue Pierrots — 22 spp.
Zintha Eliot, 1973 — 1 sp.
Callictita Bethune-Baker, 1908 — 9 spp.
Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908 — 1 sp.
Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922 — 9 spp.
Pistoria Hemming, 1964 — 1 sp.
Discolampa Toxopeus, 1929 — 3 spp.
Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1930 — 9 spp.

Group ?

Tuxentius Larsen, 1982 Pies Pied Pierrots — 10 spp.

Subtribe Oboroniina

Section Euchrysops (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449
Oboroniina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Euchrysops Butler, 1900 Cupids — 28 spp.
Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1923 Giant Cupids — 135 spp.
Thermoniphas Karsch, 1895 — 15 spp.
Oboronia Karsch, 1893 — 7 spp.

Group ?

Orachrysops Vári in Vári & Kroon, 1986 — 11 spp.

Subtribe Leptotina

Section Leptotes (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 446
Leptotina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Leptotes Scudder, 1876 Zebra Blues — 24 spp.
Cyclyrius Butler, [1897] — 2 spp.

Subtribe Zizeeriina

Section Zizeeria (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447
Zizeeriina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Zizeeria Chapman, 1910 Grass Blues — 2 spp.
Zizina Chapman, 1910 Lesser Grass Blues — 5 spp.
Pseudozizeeria Beuret, 1955 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Fameganina

Section Famegana (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 56
Fameganina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 152

Famegana Eliot, 1973 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Everina

Section Everes (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448
Everina (Polyommatini); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 152

Cupido Schrank, 1801 — 20 spp. 3 spp.
Bothrinia Chapman, 1909 — 2 spp.
Tongeia Tutt, [1908] — 17 spp.
Elkalyce Bálint & Johnson, 1995 — 1 sp.
Shijimia Matsumura, 1919 — 1 sp.
Talicada Moore, [1881] — 3 spp.

Group ?

Sinocupido Lee, 1963 — 1 sp.

Subtribe Polyommatina

Section Polyommatus Eliot, 1973 (Polymmatini); Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449

Section Polyommatus (Polymmatini); [NEN40], 7
Polyommatina (Polyommatini); Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 185; Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 152

Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 — 211 spp. 2 spp.
Lysandra Hemming, 1933 — 17 spp.
Rimisia Zhdanko, 1994 — 1 sp.
Cyaniris Dalman, 1816 — 2 spp. 1 sp.
Glabroculus Lvovsky, 1993 — 2 spp.
Neolysandra Koçak, 1977 — 6 spp.
Agriades Hübner, [1819] — 31 spp. 2 spp.
Plebejidea Koçak, 1983 — 4 spp.
Afarsia Korb & Bolshakov, 2011 — 8 spp.
Pamiria Zhdanko, 1995 — 9 spp.
Patricius Bálint, 1991 — 8 spp.
Rueckbeilia Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013 — 2 spp.
Aricia Reichenbach, 1817 — 16 spp. 3 spp.
Eumedonia Forster, 1938 — 7 spp. 1 sp.
Icaricia Nabokov, 1945 — 7 spp.
Plebejus Kluk, 1780 — 55 spp. 2 spp.
Maurus Bálint, 1991 — 1 sp.
Kretania Beuret, 1959 — 20 spp.
Alpherakya Zhdanko, 1994 — 4 spp.
Plebulina Nabokov, 1945 — 1 sp.
Grumiana Zhdanko, 2004 — 1 sp.
Chilades Moore, [1881] — 12 spp.
Freyeria Courvoisier, 1920 — 3 spp.
Luthrodes Druce, 1895 — 9 spp.
Eldoradina Balletto, 1993 — 2 spp.
Nabokovia Hemming, 1960 — 3 spp.
Pseudolucia Nabokov, 1945 — 46 spp.
Itylos Draudt in Seitz, 1921 — 6 spp.
Madeleinea Bálint, 1993 — 18 spp.
Paralycaeides Nabokov, 1945 — 3 spp.
Cyclargus Nabokov, 1945 — 7 spp.
Echinargus Nabokov, 1945 — 3 spp.
Hemiargus Hübner, 1818 — 3 spp.
Pseudochrysops Nabokov, 1945 — 1 sp.

Group

Multiple species
1020x677 (~550Kb) On fresh horse dung. Blues: Plebejus (Lycaeides) idas ongodai, Plebejus argus, Cyaniris semiargus. Skippers: Pyrgus alveus; Fritillaries: Melitaea didyma, Mellicta sp. A path in an open larch forest in the forest belt upper part, south-estern slope of the Tanmalyg River valley, Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaera Nature Reserve, the Khor-Taiga Mts. within the Khemchik Mountain Range, West Sayan, Chaa-Khol Kozhuun of Tyva Republic (Tuva), South Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	933x671 (~446Kb) On a fresh horse dung. Blues: Plebejus (Lycaeides) idas ongodai, Plebejus argus, Cyaniris semiargus. Fritillaries: Melitaea didyma, Melitaea diamina, Mellicta sp. A path in an open larch forest in the forest belt upper part, south-estern slope of the Tanmalyg River valley, Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaera Nature Reserve, the Khor-Taiga Mts. within the Khemchik Mountain Range, West Sayan, Chaa-Khol Kozhuun of Tyva Republic (Tuva), South Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	960x677 (~397Kb) On a fresh horse dung. Blues: Plebejus (Lycaeides) idas ongodai, Plebejus argus, Cyaniris semiargus. Fritillaries: Melitaea didyma, Melitaea diamina, Mellicta sp. A path in an open larch forest in the forest belt upper part, south-estern slope of the Tanmalyg River valley, Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaera Nature Reserve, the Khor-Taiga Mts. within the Khemchik Mountain Range, West Sayan, Chaa-Khol Kozhuun of Tyva Republic (Tuva), South Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
1170x1015 (~544Kb) On a fresh horse dung. Blues: Plebejus (Lycaeides) idas ongodai, Polyommatus erotides, Cyaniris semiargus, Albulina orbitulus, Aricia nicias; Fritillaries: Melitaea didyma, Melitaea diamina, Mellicta sp. A path in an open larch forest in the forest belt upper part, south-estern slope of the Tanmalyg River valley, Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaera Nature Reserve, the Khor-Taiga Mts. within the Khemchik Mountain Range, West Sayan, Chaa-Khol Kozhuun of Tyva Republic (Tuva), South Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Subfamily ?

Candalini and Cupidopsis do not belong into Polyommatinae.Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 153

Tribe Candalidini Eliot, 1973

Candalidini Eliot, 1973; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 382, 442; TG: Candalides Hübner

Candalides Hübner, [1819] — 29 spp.
Nesolycaena Waterhouse & Turner, 1905 — 4 spp.
Zetona Waterhouse, 1938 — 1 sp.

Tribe ?

Section Cupidopsis

Section Cupidopsis (Polyommatini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 443

Cupidopsis Karsch, 1895 Meadow Blues — 2 spp.

15.8.2023 (1575)

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[EVERSMANNIA]
Eversmannia contents
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist

Some related literature:

[NEN40]; Bálint & Johnson, 1997
Reformation of the Polyommatus Section with a Taxonomic and Biogeographic Overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini) Neue Ent. Nachr. 40 : 1-68 (4pls)
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Hirowatari, 1992
A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 1-102
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian) Eversmannia Suppl. 2 : 1-123
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Pelham, 2008
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada J. Res. Lepid. 40 : 1-652
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1) : 145-156
Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013
Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Cladistics 29 : 166-192
Ugelvig, Vila, Pierce & Nash, 2011
A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris-Maculinea clade Molec. Phyl. Evol. 61 : 237-243
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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