butterflies
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.
Its species are found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by some authors at the beginning of the 21st century have now been moved to separate genera again. These species may be found in '' Afarsia'', '' Alpherakya'', ''
Agriades
''Agriades'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, ''Agriades'' has been enlarged to include some of th ...
Icaricia
''Icaricia'' is a Nearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by the author and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov in 1945.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Kretania'', '' Maurus'', ''
Pamiria
''Pamiria'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
* '' Pamiria chitralensis'' (Tytler, 1926) Kashmir
* '' Pamiria chrysopis'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Hindu Kush, Pamirs
* '' Pamiria fara ...
Plebejidea
''Plebejidea'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species
Listed alphabetically: Koçak,A.Ö.,1981-1983, On the nomenclature of some genera of Lepidoptera. ''Priamus'' 1(1): 16-23; 1(3): 97-109, 112-122; 2 (4): 1 ...
'', ''
Plebulina
''Plebulina emigdionis'' (formerly known as ''Plebejus emigdionis''), the San Emigdio blue, is a species of blue in the family of butterflies known as Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is ...
'', and ''
Rueckbeilia
''Rueckbeilia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, first described in 2013.
It contains two species:
* ''Rueckbeilia fergana'' (Staudinger, 1881)
* ''Rueckbeilia rosei
''Rueckbeilia'' is a genus of butterflies
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''.
Species
Species include:
The ''ardis'' species-group:
* ''
Plebejus eversmanni
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by ...
Plebejus baroghila
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by ...
'' (Tytler, 1926) Himalayas
* ''
Plebejus firuskuhi
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by ...
'' (Forster, 1940) Afghanistan
* ''
Plebejus kwaja
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by ...
'' (Evans, 1932) Baluchistan
The ''argus'' species-group:
* ''
Plebejus aegidion
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by ...
'' (Gerhard, 1851) Central Asia
* ''
Plebejus argus
The silver-studded blue (''Plebejus argus'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it the name of the silver-studded blue. ''P. argus'' can ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-studded blue
The ''idas'' species-group (a.k.a. subgenus ''Lycaeides''):
* ''
Plebejus agnata
''Plebejus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in ''Plebejus'' by ...