Polyommatinae

Polyommatinae
Common Grass Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
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 relationships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.

Notable taxa

• Celastrina ladon, Spring Azure
• Celastrina neglecta, Summer Azure
• Everes comyntas, Eastern-tailed Blue
• Euphilotes battoides allyni, El Segundo Blue
• Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, Sand Mountain Blue
• Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis, Palos Verdes Blue
• Glaucopsyche xerces, Xerces Blue – extinct (1941)
• Icaricia icarioides fenderi, Fender's Blue
• Plebejus argus, Silver-studded Blue
• Polyommatus icarus, Common Blue
• Polyommatus semiargus, Mazarine Blue
• Pseudozizeeria maha, Pale Grass Blue

Genera incertae sedis

These genera are of unclear affinities.

• Acytolepis
• Agriades – Polyommatini? (often included in Plebejus)
• Albulina – Polyommatini? (often included in Plebejus)
• Athysanota
• Boliviella
• Bothrinia
• Caerulea
• Callenya
• Callictita
• Cebrella
• Celarchus
• Celatoxia
• Cherchiella
• Chilades – Polyommatini?
• Cyclirius
• Discolampa
• Eldoradina
• Elkalyce
• Epimastidia – Polyommatini?
• Facula
• Glabroculus
• Harpendyreus – Polyommatini?

• Itylos
• Lestranicus
• Lycaeides (often included in Plebejus)
• Madeleinea
• Maslowskia
• Megisba
• Micropsyche
• Monodontides
• Neopithecops – Polyommatini?
• Nivalis
  
• Oboronia
• Orachrysops – Polyommatini?
• Oraidium
• Oreolyce
• Orthomiella
• Otnjukovia
• Palaeophilotes – Polyommatini?
• Pallidula
• Parelodina
• Phengaris
• Phlyaria
• Pistoria – Polyommatini?
• Plautella

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

Doubtful Polyommatinae

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

• Catopyrops – Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Erysichton – Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Ionolyce – Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Lepidochrysops – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
• Maculinea – Lycaeninae?
• Neolucia – Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Paralycaeides – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
• Prosotas – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Sahulana – Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Theclinesthes – Lycaeninae? [Polyommatini, per Braby (2005)]
• Uranothauma – Lycaeninae?