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
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:

• Actizera
• Aricia – arguses
• Azanus – babul blues
• Brephidium
• Cacyreus
• Caleta
• Castalius – Pierrots
• Catochrysops
• Celastrina
• Chilades – jewel blues
• Cosmolyce
• Cupido
• Cupidopsis – meadow blues
• Cyaniris
• Cyclargus
• Danis
• Echinargus
• Eicochrysops
• Erysichton
• Euchrysops – Cupids
• Euphilotes
• Everes
• Famegana
• Glaucopsyche
• Hemiargus
• Iolana
• Jameela
• Jamides – ceruleans
• Lampides
• Leptotes – zebra blues

• Lycaenopsis – hedge blues
• Maculinea – large blues (sometimes in Glaucopsyche or Phengaris)
• Nabokovia
• Nacaduba
• Petrelaea
• Philotes
• Philotiella
• Pithecops
• Plautella
• Plebejus (including Alpherakya, Patricius, Plebejides, Umpria)
• Polyommatus
• Pseudochrysops
• Pseudolucia
• Pseudozizeeria
• Pycnophallium (often in Caleta)
• Scolitantides
• Tarucus – blue Pierrots
• Tuxentius – pied Pierrots
• Una
• Zintha – blue-eyed Pierrot
• Zizeeria
• Zizera
• Zizina
• Zizula

Doubtful Polyommatini

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

• Agriades
• Albulina
• Chilades
• Epimastidia
• Harpendyreus
• Itylos
• Neopithecops
• Nothodanis
• Orachrysops
• Palaeophilotes

• Perpheres
• Pistoria
• Praephilotes
• Pseudonacaduba
• Pseudophilotes
• Sinocupido
• Subsolanoides
• Tartesa
• Udara

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).