Polyommatinae

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Polyommatinae
Udara tenella
Udara tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribes

Candalidini
Lycaenesthini
Niphandini
Polyommatini
and see text

Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relatiships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.

[edit] Notable taxa

[edit] Genera incertae sedis

These genera are of unclear affinities.

  • Plebejides
  • Praephilotes – Polyommatini?
  • Pseudonacaduba – Polyommatini?
  • Pseudophilotes – Polyommatini?
  • Psychonotis
  • Ptox
  • Rhinelephas
  • Rysops
  • Shijimia
  • Sidima
  • Sinia
  • Sinocupido – Polyommatini?
  • Subsolanoides – Polyommatini?
  • Talicada
  • Thermoniphas
  • Tongeia
  • Turanana
  • Tuxentius – Polyommatini?
  • Udara
  • Umpria
  • Upolampes
  • Uranobothria
  • Zintha

[edit] Doubtful Polyommatinae

The genera in this list are considered Polyommatinae by some authors, but at least some belong elsewhere:

  • Catopyrops – Lycaeninae?
  • Erysichton – Lycaeninae?
  • Ionolyce – Lycaeninae?
  • Lepidochrysops – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
  • Maculinea – Lycaeninae?
  • Neolucia – Lycaeninae?
  • Paralycaeides – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
  • Prosotas – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
  • Sahulana – Lycaeninae?
  • Theclinesthes – Lycaeninae?
  • Uranothauma – Lycaeninae?
  • Zizina – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
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