Polyommatini

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Polyommatini
Spring Azure(Celastrina ladon)
Spring Azure
(Celastrina ladon)
Scientific classification
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:

  • 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.

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.

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