Overview
Polyommatini is a tribe of lycaenid butterflies in the subfamily Polyommatinae. They were extensively studied by lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov.
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).
Taxonomy
The Tribe Polyommatini is a member of the Subfamily Polyommatinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Polyommatini:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Order: Lepidoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Subfamily: Polyommatinae
- Blues
- Tribe: Polyommatini
- Subfamily: Polyommatinae
- Blues
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Superorder: Panorpida
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Tribe Polyommatini is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (46): Actizera · Agriades · Agrodiaetus · Albulina · Aricia · Azanus · Cacyreus · Caleta · Castalius · Catochrysops · Celastrina · Chilades · Cupido · Cupidopsis · Cyaniris · Danis · Euchrysops · Everes · Freyeria · Glaucopsyche · Hemiargus · Iolana · Jamides · Lampides · Lepidochrysops · Luthrodes · Lycaenopsis · Lysandra · Maculinea · Meleageria · Nacaduba · Neolucia · Parelodina · Petrelaea · Philotes · Phlyaria · Pithecops · Plebejus · Plebicula · Polyommatus · Pseudonacaduba · Syntarucus · Talicada · Tarucus · Vacciniina · Zizina
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4,504 species and subspecies in the Tribe Polyommatini.
Genera
Actizera
Actizera is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.They are found in the Afrotropic ecozone. [more]
Agriades
Agriades is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in North America, Europe, and Asia. [more]
Agrodiaetus
Agrodiaetus is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the Palearctic ecozone. Species group in Polyommatus in Funet but see Wikispecies. [more]
Albulina
Albulina is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.The members (species) are found in the [[Palearctic ecozone]. [more]
Aricia
Aricia can refer to: [more]
Azanus
Azanus, commonly called Babul Blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia. [more]
Cacyreus
Caleta
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Castalius
Catochrysops
Celastrina
Chilades
Chilades is a genus of in the family Lycaenidae. [more]
Cupido
Cupidon may refer to: [more]
Cupidopsis
Cyaniris
Danis
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Euchrysops
Everes
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Freyeria
Glaucopsyche
Hemiargus
Iolana
Jamides
Jamides is a genus of in the family Lycaenidae. [more]
Lampides
Lampides is a genus of in the family Lycaenidae. [more]
Lepidochrysops
Lepidochrysops is a genus of in the Lycaenidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Luthrodes
Lycaenopsis
Lycaenopsis is a genus of butterflies. [more]
Lysandra
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Maculinea
Maculinea is a of lycaenid butterflies, often treated as a subgenus of Glaucopsyche. [more]
Meleageria
Nacaduba
Nacaduba is a of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It contains many of the species commonly called "lineblues". As they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblues, as opposed to the species relatives now separated in Catapyrops, Prosotas and Petrelea. [more]
Neolucia
Parelodina
Petrelaea
Philotes
Phlyaria
Pithecops
Plebejus
Plebicula
Polyommatus
Polyommatus is a genus of . [more]
Pseudonacaduba
Syntarucus
Talicada
Tarucus
Tarucus is a genus of of the family Lycaenidae. [more]
Vacciniina
Zizina
At least 7 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Zizina.
More info about the Genus Zizina may be found here.
Footnotes
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Danis&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Everes&search=Search
Sources
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