''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a

Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...

genus of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus '' Plebejus''.

SpeciesLepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae

* '' Glaucopsyche alexis'' (Poda, 1761) – green-underside blue * ''

Glaucopsyche alluaudi ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' Oberthür, 1922

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may be ''Glaucopsyche melanops'' subspecies ''alluaudi'' * ''

Glaucopsyche argali ''Glaucopsyche argali '' is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Altai) that belongs to the blues family. Subspecies *''G. a. argali'' Southeast Altai *''G. a. arkhar'' Lukhtanov, 1990 Saur, Manrak, Kurchum Mountains *''G. a. chingiz'' Ch ...

'' (Elwes, 1899) **''Glaucopsyche argali argali'' southeast Altai **''Glaucopsyche argali arkhar'' (Lukhtanov, 1990) Altai * ''

Glaucopsyche arizonensis ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' McDunnough, 1936

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may be ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus'' subspecies ''arizonensis'' * ''

Glaucopsyche astraea ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Freyer, 1852)

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* ''

Glaucopsyche charybdis ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Staudinger, 1886)

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* ''

Glaucopsyche damaetas ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) T.L. "neighbourhood of Vienna" * ''

Glaucopsyche exerces ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Boisduval, 1852) * ''

Glaucopsyche grumi ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Forster, 1938) * ''

Glaucopsyche iphicles ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Staudinger, 1886) * ''

Glaucopsyche kurnakovi ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Kurentzov, 1970) Kamchatka * ''

Glaucopsyche laetifica ''Glaucopsyche'', commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus ''Plebejus''. SpeciesLepIndex: synonymi ...

'' (Püngeler, 1898)

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* ''

Glaucopsyche lycormas ''Glaucopsyche lycormas'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the East Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of ...

'' (Butler, 1866)

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and

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** ''Glaucopsyche lycormas lycormas'' Japan ** ''Glaucopsyche lycormas scylla'' (Oberthür, 1880) Amur Oblast,

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** ''Glaucopsyche lycormas tomariana'' (Matsumura, 1928)

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* ''

Glaucopsyche lygdamus ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus'', the silvery blue, is a small butterfly native to North America. Its upperside is a light blue in males and a dull grayish blue in females. The underside is gray with a single row of round spots of differing sizes depen ...

'' (Doubleday, 1842) – silvery blue – North America ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita'' (Tilden, 1974) – Behr's blue –

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** ''

Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis The Palos Verdes blue (''Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis'') is a small endangered butterfly native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, United States. As its distribution has been proven to be limite ...

'' – Palos Verdes blue – California ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus afra'' (Edwards, 1883) ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis'' McDunnough, 1936

** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia'' (Skinner, 1917) ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi'' Grote, 1874 ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus jacki'' Stallings & Turner, 1947 ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus maritima'' (Weeks, 1902)

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** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus mildredi'' Chermock, 1944 ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus orcus'' (Edwards, 1869) California ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro'' Scudder, 1876 * ''

Glaucopsyche melanops ''Glaucopsyche melanops'', the black-eyed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the western part of Southern Europe and North Africa. The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. The butterfly flies from May to July de ...

'' (Boisduval, 1829) – black-eyed blue ** ''Glaucopsyche melanops algirica'' (Heyne, 1895)

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and South

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** ''Glaucopsyche melanops alluaudi'' (Oberthür, 1922)

* '' Glaucopsyche mertila'' (Edwards, 1866) * '' Glaucopsyche paphos'' Chapman, 1920 – Paphos blue (endemic to

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

) may be ''Glaucopsyche melanops'' subspecies ''paphos'' * '' Glaucopsyche pauper'' (Verity, 1919) * ''

Glaucopsyche piasus ''Glaucopsyche piasus'', the arrowhead blue, is a western North American butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a locally common butterfly that favors prairie, open woodland, and woodland edges and trails. Larvae feed on lupine (''Lupinus'') ...

'' (Boisduval, 1852) – arrowhead blue – western North America ** ''Glaucopsyche piasus daunia'' (Edwards, 1871) ** ''Glaucopsyche piasus nevada'' Brown, 1975

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** ''Glaucopsyche piasus sagittigera'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

** ''Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma'' Brown, 1971 ** ''Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa'' Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998 California * '' Glaucopsyche seminigra'' Howarth & Povolny, 1976

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and

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** ''Glaucopsyche seminigra seminigra'' ** ''Glaucopsyche seminigra sofidensis'' Blom, 1979 * †'' Glaucopsyche xerces'' (Boisduval, 1852) – Xerces blue (

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)

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, United States

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