''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''.

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Glaucopsyche alexis ''Glaucopsyche alexis'', the green-underside blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The butterfly flies from April to July depending on the location, lingering in warm, lush meadows with plenty of its host ...

'' (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 Morocco 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 Arizona 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) Asia Minor, Kurdistan * ''

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) Central Asia * ''

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) Kazakhstan * ''

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) Siberia, Mongolia,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Korea and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

** ''Glaucopsyche lycormas lycormas'' Japan ** ''Glaucopsyche lycormas scylla'' (Oberthür, 1880) Amur Oblast, Ussuri ** ''Glaucopsyche lycormas tomariana'' (Matsumura, 1928) Kunashir * ''

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 – California ** ''

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 Arizona ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia'' (Skinner, 1917) ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi'' Grote, 1874 ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus jacki'' Stallings & Turner, 1947 ** ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus maritima'' (Weeks, 1902) Baja California ** ''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) North Africa and South Spain ** ''Glaucopsyche melanops alluaudi'' (Oberthür, 1922) Morocco * ''

Glaucopsyche mertila ''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: synony ...

'' (Edwards, 1866) * ''

Glaucopsyche paphos '' Glaucopsyche paphos'' is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the blues family. It is endemic to Cyprus It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of ''Glaucopsyche melanops''. See also *List of butterflies of Europe ...

'' Chapman, 1920 – Paphos blue (endemic to Cyprus) 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 Nevada ** ''Glaucopsyche piasus sagittigera'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) California ** ''Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma'' Brown, 1971 ** ''Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa'' Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998 California * ''

Glaucopsyche seminigra ''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: synony ...

'' Howarth & Povolny, 1976 Iran and Afghanistan ** ''Glaucopsyche seminigra seminigra'' ** ''Glaucopsyche seminigra sofidensis'' Blom, 1979 *

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'' Glaucopsyche xerces'' (Boisduval, 1852) – Xerces blue (

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

) San Francisco, United States

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