''Polyommatus'' is a
genus of
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 realm.
Taxonomy
Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that ''
Cyaniris
''Cyaniris'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Recent molecular studies have determined that ''Cyaniris'' is a different genus from ''Polyommatus'', where it has been included for several years.
Species
Two species are recogn ...
'', ''
Lysandra'', and ''
Neolysandra'' are different genera from ''Polyommatus'', where they had been included, sometimes as subgenera.
Some authors still recognize other subgenera, such as ''Agrodiaetus'', ''Bryna'', ''Meleageria'', and ''Plebicula''.
List of species
References
* (2012): Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of ''Polyommatus'' blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ''
Cladistics''. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x
* (2010): "How common are dot-like distributions? Taxonomical oversplitting in western European ''Agrodiaetus'' (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers. ''
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 101:130-154 (2010)
abstract
Further reading
*French Wikipedia has more information about this genus at
:fr: Polyommatus
External links
Images representing ''Polyommatus'' at
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille