Polyommatus
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
Polyommatus
Polyommatus icarus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Subfamily:
Polyommatinae
Tribe:
Polyommatini
Genus:
Polyommatus Latreille , 1804[ 1]
Synonyms [ 1]
Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822 Hirsutina Tutt, 1909 Bryna Evans, 1912 Meleageria Sagarra, 1925 Plebicula Higgins, 1969 Paragrodiaetus Rose & Schurian, 1977 Sublysandra Kocak, 1977 Admetusia Koçak & Seven, 1998 Thersitesia Koçak & Seven, 1998
Polyommatus genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae .
Its species are found in the Palearctic realm .
Taxonomy
Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that Cyaniris Lysandra Neolysandra 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
Polyommatus abdon E. & U. Aistleitner, 1994 Polyommatus achaemenes (Skala, 2002) Polyommatus actinides (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus actis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Polyommatus admetus (Esper, 1785) Polyommatus aedon (Christoph, 1887) Polyommatus afghanicus (Forster, 1973) Polyommatus afghanistana (Forster, 1972) Polyommatus ahmadi (Carbonell, 2001) Polyommatus alcestis (Zerny, 1932) Polyommatus aloisi (Bálint, 1988) Polyommatus altivagans (Forster, 1956) Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792) Amanda's bluePolyommatus amor (Lang, 1884) Polyommatus annamaria (Tutt, 1909) Polyommatus anthea (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Polyommatus anticarmon (Koçak, 1983) Polyommatus antidolus (Rebel, 1901) Polyommatus arasbarani (Carbonell & Naderi, 2000) Polyommatus ardschira (Brandt, 1938) Polyommatus ariana (Tutt, 1909) Polyommatus aroaniensis (Brown, 1976) Grecian anomalous bluePolyommatus artvinensis (Carbonell, 1997) Polyommatus aserbeidschanus (Forster, 1956) Polyommatus atlantica (Elwes, 1905) Polyommatus attalaensis (Carbonell et al., 2004) Polyommatus australorossicus Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2017 Polyommatus avinovi (Shchetkin, 1980) Polyommatus baltazardi (de Lesse, 1963) Polyommatus barmifiruze (Carbonell, 2000) Polyommatus baytopi (de Lesse, 1959) Polyommatus bilgini (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002) TurkeyPolyommatus bilucha (Moore, 1884) Baluchistan - TibetPolyommatus birunii Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 1998 IranPolyommatus biton (Sulzer, 1776) Alps Polyommatus bogra Tshikolovets, 1992 Baluchistan, IranPolyommatus boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) Polyommatus buzulmavi (Carbonell, 1992) KurdistanPolyommatus caeruleus (Staudinger, 1871) Asia MinorPolyommatus carmon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Asia Minor, IranPolyommatus carmonides (de Lesse, 1960) CaucasusPolyommatus celina (Austaut, 1879) AlgeriaPolyommatus chitralensis (Oberthür, 1910) HimalayasPolyommatus cilicius (Carbonell, 1998) TurkeyPolyommatus ciloicus (Tutt, 1909) Kurdistan, IranPolyommatus cornelia (Gerhard, 1851) Asia Minor, ElbursPolyommatus cyaneus (Staudinger, 1899) ) Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Talysh Mts.Polyommatus dagestanicus (Forster, 1960) Caucasus Major, Azerbaijan.Polyommatus dagmara (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Ghissar, Darvaz, AlaiPolyommatus dama (Staudinger, 1891) Mesopotamian bluePolyommatus damocles (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) Urals, Crimea, TurkeyPolyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Polyommatus damone (Eversmann, 1841) Polyommatus damonides (Staudinger, 1899) Polyommatus dantchenkoi (Lukhtanov & Wiemers, 2003) TurkeyPolyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Polyommatus darius Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 1998 IranPolyommatus deebi (Larsen, 1974) LebanonPolyommatus demavendi (Pfeiffer, 1938) ) Transcaucasia , Turkey, IranPolyommatus dizinensis (Schurian, 1982) KurdistanPolyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823) furry bluePolyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Polyommatus dux (Tutt, 1909) Northwest IndiaPolyommatus ectabanensis (de Lesse, 1963) Northwest IndiaPolyommatus elena Stradomsky & Arzanov, 1999 Lower Don, Lower Volga, SiberiaPolyommatus erigone (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) PamirsPolyommatus eriwanensis (Forster, 1960) ArmeniaPolyommatus ernesti (Eckweiler, 1989) TurkeyPolyommatus eroides (Frivaldszky, 1835) Balkans, Asia MinorPolyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Polyommatus erotides (Kurentzov, 1970) Polyommatus erschoffi (Lederer, 1869) Iran, Kopet-Dagh, AfghanistanPolyommatus erzindjanensis (Carbonell, 2002) TurkeyPolyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823) Polyommatus esfahensis (Carbonell, 2000) IranPolyommatus evansi (Forster, 1956) HimalayasPolyommatus everesti Riley, 1923 TibetPolyommatus fabiani (Staudinger, 1899) MongoliaPolyommatus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910) Oberthür's anomalous blue IberiaPolyommatus femininoides (Eckweiler, 1987) Caucasus, ElbursPolyommatus firdussii (Forster, 1956) KurdistanPolyommatus forresti (Kurentzov, 1970) Himalayas, YunnanPolyommatus forsteri (Pfeiffer, 1938) IranPolyommatus fraterluci (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) PunjabPolyommatus frauvartianae (Lederer, 1870) AfghanistanPolyommatus fulgens (Sagarra, 1925) Catalan furry bluePolyommatus glaucias (Lederer, 1870) Kopet-Dagh, Elburs MtsPolyommatus golgus (Hübner, 1813) Sierra Nevada bluePolyommatus gorbunovi (Eckweiler, 1989) CaucasusPolyommatus guezelmavi (Olivier, Puplesiene, van der Poorten, de Prins & Wiemers, 1999) TurkeyPolyommatus haigi (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002) TurkeyPolyommatus hamadanensis (de Lesse, 1959) IranPolyommatus hopfferi (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Asia Minor - KurdistanPolyommatus huberti (Carbonell, 1993) Armenia, TurkeyPolyommatus humedasae (Toso & Balletto, 1976) Piedmont anomalous bluePolyommatus hunza (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Pamirs, Hindu KushPolyommatus icadius (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) common bluePolyommatus igisizilim (Dantchenko, 2000) Polyommatus interjectus (De Lesse, 1960) Polyommatus iphicarmon (Courvoisier, 1913) Polyommatus iphidamon (Staudinger, 1899) Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) Polyommatus iphigenides (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus isauricoides (Gerhard, 1851) Polyommatus ischkaschimicus (de Lesse, 1957) Polyommatus juldusa (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus juno (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Polyommatus kamtshadalis (Sheljuzhko, 1933) Polyommatus kanduli (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002) Polyommatus karindus (Riley, 1921) Polyommatus kashgharensis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Polyommatus kendevani (Forster, 1956) Polyommatus khorasanensis (Carbonell, 2001) Polyommatus khoshyeilagi (Blom, 1979) Polyommatus klausschuriani (ten Hagen, 1999) Polyommatus kurdistanicus (Forster, 1961) Polyommatus larseni (Carbonell, 1994) Polyommatus lorestanus (Eckweiler, 1997) Polyommatus lycius (Carbonell, 1996) Polyommatus magnifica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1885) Polyommatus marcida (Lederer, 1870) Polyommatus melanius (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus menalcas (Freyer, 1837) Polyommatus menelaos (Kurentzov, 1970) Polyommatus meoticus (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Polyommatus merhaba (de Prins, van der Poorten, Borie, Oorschot, Riemis & Coenen, 1991) Polyommatus mithridates (Toso & Balletto, 1976) Polyommatus mofidi (de Lesse, 1963) Polyommatus morgani (Le Cerf, 1909) Polyommatus muetingi (Bálint, 1992) Polyommatus myrrha (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Polyommatus nadira (Moore, 1884) Polyommatus nekrutenkoi (Dantchenko et al., 2004) Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978) Higgins's anomalous bluePolyommatus ninae (Forster, 1956) Polyommatus nivescens (Keferstein, 1851) mother-of-pearl bluePolyommatus nuksani (Forster, 1937) Polyommatus paulae (Wiemers & De Prins, 2004) Polyommatus peilei (Le Cerf, 1909) Polyommatus pfeifferi (Brandt, 1938) Polyommatus phillipi (Lederer, 1852) Polyommatus phyllides (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus phyllis (Christoph, 1877) Polyommatus pierceae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) Polyommatus pierinoi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Polyommatus polonus (Schurian & Hofmann, 1983) Polyommatus poseidon (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) Polyommatus poseidonides (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus posthumus (Christoph, 1877) Polyommatus pseudactis (Forster, 1960) Polyommatus pseuderos (Kurentzov, 1970) Polyommatus pseudorjabovi Lukhtanov, Dantchenko, Vishnevskaya & Saifitdinova, 2015 Polyommatus pseudoxerxes (Forster, 1956) Polyommatus pulchella (Bernard, 1951) Polyommatus putnami (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002) Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) Ripart's anomalous bluePolyommatus rjabovi (Forster, 1960) Polyommatus rovshani (Christoph, 1877) Polyommatus sagratrox (Aistleitner, 1986) Polyommatus schuriani (Rose, 1978) Polyommatus sennanensis (de Lesse, 1959) Polyommatus sertavulensis (Koçak, 1979) Polyommatus shahrami (Skala, 2001) Polyommatus shamil (Dantchenko, 2000) Polyommatus shirkuhensis ten Hagen & Eckweiler, 2001 Polyommatus sigberti (Olivier, Poorten, Puplesiene & de Prins, 2000) Polyommatus stigmatifera (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Polyommatus stoliczkanus (Felder & Felder, 1865) Polyommatus surakovi (Koçak, 1996) Polyommatus sutleja (Moore, 1882) Polyommatus tankeri (de Lesse, 1960) Polyommatus tenhageni Schurian & Eckweiler, 1999 Polyommatus theresiae (Schurian & van Oorschot & van den Brink, 1992) Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1834) Chapman's bluePolyommatus timfristos Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya & Shapoval, 2016 Polyommatus transcaspicus (Staudinger, 1899) Polyommatus tshetverikovi (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Polyommatus tsvetaevi (Forster, 1961) Polyommatus turcicolus (Koçak, 1977) Polyommatus turcicus (Koçak, 1977 Polyommatus valiabadi (Rose & Schurian, 1977) Polyommatus vanensis (de Lesse, 1957) Polyommatus venus (Staudinger, 1886) Polyommatus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979) Andalusian anomalous bluePolyommatus wagneri (Forster, 1956) Polyommatus yurinekrutenko (Koçak, 1996) Polyommatus zapvadi (Carbonell, 1993) Polyommatus zarathustra (Eckweiler, 1997) Polyommatus zardensis (Schurian & ten Hagen, 2001)
References
Talavera, G, Lukhtanov, V.A.,Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R. (2012): Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics Vila, R., Lukhtanov, V.A., Talavera, G., Gil-T., F. & Pierce, N.E. (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 abstract
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