Polyommatini

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Polyommatini

Spring Azure
(Celastrina ladon)

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini

Genera

See text.

Polyommatini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Polyommatinae. They were extensively studied by lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov.

Genera in this tribe are:

Actizera
Azanus – Babul Blues
Brephidium
Cacyreus
Caleta
Castalius – Pierrots
Catochrysops
Celastrina
Cosmolyce
Cupido
Cupidopsis – Meadow Blues
Cyaniris
Cyclargus
Danis
Echinargus

Eicochrysops
Euchrysops – Cupids
Euphilotes
Everes
Famegana
Glaucopsyche
Hemiargus
Iolana
Jamides – Ceruleans
Lampides
Leptotes – Zebra Blues
Lycaenopsis – Hedge Blues
Nabokovia
Nacaduba
Petrelaea

Philotes
Philotiella
Pithecops
Plebejus
Polyommatus
Pseudochrysops
Pseudolucia
Pseudozizeeria
Pycnophallium – often included in Caleta
Scolitantides
Tarucus – Blue Pierrots
Una
Zizeeria
Zizera
Zizula

[edit] Doubtful Polyommatini

Several genera of Polyommatinae have been allied with Polyommatini, especially Polyommatus. Their placement in the present tribe requires confirmation however.

Agriades
Albulina
Aricia
Chilades
Epimastidia
Harpendyreus
Neopithecops
Orachrysops
Palaeophilotes
Pistoria
Praephilotes
Pseudonacaduba
Pseudophilotes
Sinocupido
Subsolanoides
Tuxentius

Other such doubtful Polyommatini may even be more distant altogether. Lepidochrysops, Paralycaeides, Prosotas and Zizina are sometimes placed here, but might belong elsewhere in the Polyommatinae or even in the Lycaeninae.