- Polyommatini
Taxobox
name = Polyommatini
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Spring Azure ("Celastrina ladon ")
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
ordo =Lepidoptera
unranked_familia =Rhopalocera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Lycaenidae
subfamilia =Polyommatinae
tribus = Polyommatini
tribus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =See text.Polyommatini is a tribe of lycaenid
butterflies in the subfamilyPolyommatinae . They were extensively studied by lepidopteristVladimir Nabokov .Genera in this tribe are:
* "Actizera "
* "Azanus " – Babul Blues
* "Brephidium "
* "Cacyreus "
* "Caleta"
* "Castalius " – Pierrots
* "Catochrysops "
* "Celastrina "
* "Cosmolyce "
* "Cupido"
* "Cupidopsis " – Meadow Blues
* "Cyaniris "
* "Cyclargus "
* "Danis"
* "Echinargus "
* "Eicochrysops "
* "Euchrysops " – Cupids
* "Euphilotes "
* "Everes"
* "Famegana "
* "Glaucopsyche "
* "Hemiargus "
* "Iolana "
* "Jamides " – Ceruleans
* "Lampides "
* "Leptotes" – Zebra Blues
* "Lycaenopsis " – Hedge Blues
* "Nabokovia "
* "Nacaduba "
* "Petrelaea "
* "Philotes"
* "Philotiella "
* "Pithecops "
* "Plebeius"
* "Polyommatus "
* "Pseudochrysops "
* "Pseudolucia "
* "Pseudozizeeria "
* "Pycnophallium " – often included in "Caleta"
* "Scolitantides "
* "Tarucus " – Blue Pierrots
* "Una"
* "Zizeeria "
* "Zizera "
* "Zizina " - sometimes placed in Lycaenidae
* "Zizula "Doubtful Polyommatini
Several genera of
Polyommatinae have been allied with Polyommatini, especially "Polyommatus ". Their placement in the present tribe requires confirmation however.*"
Agriades "
*"Albulina "
*"Aricia"
*"Chilades "
*"Epimastidia "
*"Harpendyreus "
*"Neopithecops "
*"Orachrysops "
*"Palaeophilotes "
*"Pistoria "
*"Praephilotes "
*"Pseudonacaduba "
*"Pseudophilotes "
*"Sinocupido "
*"Subsolanoides "
*"Tuxentius "Other such doubtful Polyommatini may even be more distant altogether. "
Lepidochrysops ", "Paralycaeides " and "Prosotas " are sometimes placed here, but might belong elsewhere in the Polyommatinae or even in theLycaeninae .
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