''Cyclargus'' is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the Family (biology), family Lycaenidae. It was split off from the genus ''Hemiargus'' in 1948 by Vladimir Nabokov, although many lepidopterists have not accepted the new genus as valid. Nabokov designated ''Cyclargus ammon, C. ammon'' (Lucas's blue, from Cuba) as the type species for the genus, and included ''C. dominica'' (Jamaican blue, from Jamaica), ''Cyclargus thomasi, C. thomasi'' (Thomas's blue, from Florida, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola), ''C. woodruffi'' (from the Virgin Islands) and ''C. erembis'' (from the Cayman Islands, synonym of ''C. ammon erembis''). In 1992 K. Johnston and Matusik described ''C. sorpresus'' and ''C. kathleena'', both from Hispaniola.
The critically endangered Miami blue (''C. thomasi bethunebakeri'') is a member of the genus.
''C. a. erembis'' was described originally as a full species, as opinion is at present divided as to whether or not this might be its status.
[R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, ''Butterflies of the Cayman Islands'' (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) , pp. 84-85]
References
*Zimmer, Dieter E. 1996. Genera, species and subspecies named by Nabokov. Excerpt from ''A Guide to Nabokov’s Butterflies and Moths''. Hamburg. Found a
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Cyclargus,
Lycaenidae of South America
Lycaenidae genera
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