Polyommatini

Polyommatini
Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini Swainson, 1827[1]
Genera
See text.

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

Genera

Genera in this tribe are:

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 and Prosotas are sometimes placed here, but might belong elsewhere in the Polyommatinae or even in the Lycaeninae (if these are treated in the inclusive circumscription).

References

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