Polyommatus

Polyommatus icarus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Polyommatus Latreille, 1804^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822 Hirsutina Tutt, 1909 Bryna Evans, 1912 Meleageria Sagarra, 1925 Plebicula Higgins, 1969 Paragrodiaetus Rose & Schurian, 1977 Sublysandra Kocak, 1977 Admetusia Koçak & Seven, 1998 Thersitesia Koçak & Seven, 1998

Polyommatus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.

Taxonomy

Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that Cyaniris, Lysandra, and Neolysandra are different genera from Polyommatus, where they had been included, sometimes as subgenera.

Some authors still recognize other subgenera, such as Agrodiaetus, Bryna, Meleageria, and Plebicula.

List of species

Polyommatus abdon E. & U. Aistleitner, 1994
Polyommatus achaemenes (Skala, 2002)
Polyommatus actinides (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus actis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Polyommatus admetus (Esper, 1785)
Polyommatus aedon (Christoph, 1887)
Polyommatus afghanicus (Forster, 1973)
Polyommatus afghanistana (Forster, 1972)
Polyommatus ahmadi (Carbonell, 2001)
Polyommatus alcestis (Zerny, 1932)
Polyommatus aloisi (Bálint, 1988)
Polyommatus altivagans (Forster, 1956)
Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792) Amanda's blue
Polyommatus amor (Lang, 1884)
Polyommatus annamaria (Tutt, 1909)
Polyommatus anthea (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Polyommatus anticarmon (Koçak, 1983)
Polyommatus antidolus (Rebel, 1901)
Polyommatus arasbarani (Carbonell & Naderi, 2000)
Polyommatus ardschira (Brandt, 1938)
Polyommatus ariana (Tutt, 1909)
Polyommatus aroaniensis (Brown, 1976) Grecian anomalous blue
Polyommatus artvinensis (Carbonell, 1997)
Polyommatus aserbeidschanus (Forster, 1956)
Polyommatus atlantica (Elwes, 1905)
Polyommatus attalaensis (Carbonell et al., 2004)
Polyommatus australorossicus Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2017
Polyommatus avinovi (Shchetkin, 1980)
Polyommatus baltazardi (de Lesse, 1963)
Polyommatus barmifiruze (Carbonell, 2000)
Polyommatus baytopi (de Lesse, 1959)
Polyommatus bilgini (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002) Turkey
Polyommatus bilucha (Moore, 1884) Baluchistan - Tibet
Polyommatus birunii Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 1998 Iran
Polyommatus biton (Sulzer, 1776) Alps
Polyommatus bogra Tshikolovets, 1992 Baluchistan, Iran
Polyommatus boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
Polyommatus buzulmavi (Carbonell, 1992) Kurdistan
Polyommatus caeruleus (Staudinger, 1871) Asia Minor
Polyommatus carmon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Asia Minor, Iran
Polyommatus carmonides (de Lesse, 1960) Caucasus
Polyommatus celina (Austaut, 1879) Algeria
Polyommatus chitralensis (Oberthür, 1910) Himalayas
Polyommatus cilicius (Carbonell, 1998) Turkey
Polyommatus ciloicus (Tutt, 1909) Kurdistan, Iran
Polyommatus cornelia (Gerhard, 1851) Asia Minor, Elburs
Polyommatus cyaneus (Staudinger, 1899) ) Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Talysh Mts.
Polyommatus dagestanicus (Forster, 1960) Caucasus Major, Azerbaijan.
Polyommatus dagmara (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai
Polyommatus dama (Staudinger, 1891) Mesopotamian blue
Polyommatus damocles (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) Urals, Crimea, Turkey
Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Polyommatus damone (Eversmann, 1841)
Polyommatus damonides (Staudinger, 1899)
Polyommatus dantchenkoi (Lukhtanov & Wiemers, 2003) Turkey
Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Polyommatus darius Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 1998 Iran
Polyommatus deebi (Larsen, 1974) Lebanon
Polyommatus demavendi (Pfeiffer, 1938) ) Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran
Polyommatus dizinensis (Schurian, 1982) Kurdistan
Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823) furry blue
Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Polyommatus dux (Tutt, 1909) Northwest India
Polyommatus ectabanensis (de Lesse, 1963) Northwest India
Polyommatus elena Stradomsky & Arzanov, 1999 Lower Don, Lower Volga, Siberia
Polyommatus erigone (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Pamirs
Polyommatus eriwanensis (Forster, 1960) Armenia
Polyommatus ernesti (Eckweiler, 1989) Turkey
Polyommatus eroides (Frivaldszky, 1835) Balkans, Asia Minor
Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Polyommatus erotides (Kurentzov, 1970)
Polyommatus erschoffi (Lederer, 1869) Iran, Kopet-Dagh, Afghanistan
Polyommatus erzindjanensis (Carbonell, 2002) Turkey
Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
Polyommatus esfahensis (Carbonell, 2000) Iran
Polyommatus evansi (Forster, 1956) Himalayas
Polyommatus everesti Riley, 1923 Tibet
Polyommatus fabiani (Staudinger, 1899) Mongolia
Polyommatus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910) Oberthür's anomalous blue Iberia
Polyommatus femininoides (Eckweiler, 1987) Caucasus, Elburs
Polyommatus firdussii (Forster, 1956) Kurdistan
Polyommatus forresti (Kurentzov, 1970) Himalayas, Yunnan
Polyommatus forsteri (Pfeiffer, 1938) Iran
Polyommatus fraterluci (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Punjab
Polyommatus frauvartianae (Lederer, 1870) Afghanistan
Polyommatus fulgens (Sagarra, 1925) Catalan furry blue
Polyommatus glaucias (Lederer, 1870) Kopet-Dagh, Elburs Mts
Polyommatus golgus (Hübner, 1813) Sierra Nevada blue
Polyommatus gorbunovi (Eckweiler, 1989) Caucasus
Polyommatus guezelmavi (Olivier, Puplesiene, van der Poorten, de Prins & Wiemers, 1999) Turkey
Polyommatus haigi (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002) Turkey
Polyommatus hamadanensis (de Lesse, 1959) Iran
Polyommatus hopfferi (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Asia Minor - Kurdistan
Polyommatus huberti (Carbonell, 1993) Armenia, Turkey
Polyommatus humedasae (Toso & Balletto, 1976) Piedmont anomalous blue
Polyommatus hunza (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Pamirs, Hindu Kush
Polyommatus icadius (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) common blue
Polyommatus igisizilim (Dantchenko, 2000)
Polyommatus interjectus (De Lesse, 1960)
Polyommatus iphicarmon (Courvoisier, 1913)
Polyommatus iphidamon (Staudinger, 1899)
Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
Polyommatus iphigenides (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus isauricoides (Gerhard, 1851)
Polyommatus ischkaschimicus (de Lesse, 1957)
Polyommatus juldusa (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus juno (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
Polyommatus kamtshadalis (Sheljuzhko, 1933)
Polyommatus kanduli (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002)
Polyommatus karindus (Riley, 1921)
Polyommatus kashgharensis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
Polyommatus kendevani (Forster, 1956)
Polyommatus khorasanensis (Carbonell, 2001)
Polyommatus khoshyeilagi (Blom, 1979)
Polyommatus klausschuriani (ten Hagen, 1999)
Polyommatus kurdistanicus (Forster, 1961)
Polyommatus larseni (Carbonell, 1994)
Polyommatus lorestanus (Eckweiler, 1997)
Polyommatus lycius (Carbonell, 1996)
Polyommatus magnifica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1885)
Polyommatus marcida (Lederer, 1870)
Polyommatus melanius (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus menalcas (Freyer, 1837)
Polyommatus menelaos (Kurentzov, 1970)
Polyommatus meoticus (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Polyommatus merhaba (de Prins, van der Poorten, Borie, Oorschot, Riemis & Coenen, 1991)
Polyommatus mithridates (Toso & Balletto, 1976)
Polyommatus mofidi (de Lesse, 1963)
Polyommatus morgani (Le Cerf, 1909)
Polyommatus muetingi (Bálint, 1992)
Polyommatus myrrha (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Polyommatus nadira (Moore, 1884)
Polyommatus nekrutenkoi (Dantchenko et al., 2004)
Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978) Higgins's anomalous blue
Polyommatus ninae (Forster, 1956)
Polyommatus nivescens (Keferstein, 1851) mother-of-pearl blue
Polyommatus nuksani (Forster, 1937)
Polyommatus paulae (Wiemers & De Prins, 2004)
Polyommatus peilei (Le Cerf, 1909)
Polyommatus pfeifferi (Brandt, 1938)
Polyommatus phillipi (Lederer, 1852)
Polyommatus phyllides (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus phyllis (Christoph, 1877)
Polyommatus pierceae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002)
Polyommatus pierinoi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Polyommatus polonus (Schurian & Hofmann, 1983)
Polyommatus poseidon (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
Polyommatus poseidonides (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus posthumus (Christoph, 1877)
Polyommatus pseudactis (Forster, 1960)
Polyommatus pseuderos (Kurentzov, 1970)
Polyommatus pseudorjabovi Lukhtanov, Dantchenko, Vishnevskaya & Saifitdinova, 2015
Polyommatus pseudoxerxes (Forster, 1956)
Polyommatus pulchella (Bernard, 1951)
Polyommatus putnami (Dantchenko & Lukhtanov, 2002)
Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) Ripart's anomalous blue
Polyommatus rjabovi (Forster, 1960)
Polyommatus rovshani (Christoph, 1877)
Polyommatus sagratrox (Aistleitner, 1986)
Polyommatus schuriani (Rose, 1978)
Polyommatus sennanensis (de Lesse, 1959)
Polyommatus sertavulensis (Koçak, 1979)
Polyommatus shahrami (Skala, 2001)
Polyommatus shamil (Dantchenko, 2000)
Polyommatus shirkuhensis ten Hagen & Eckweiler, 2001
Polyommatus sigberti (Olivier, Poorten, Puplesiene & de Prins, 2000)
Polyommatus stigmatifera (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Polyommatus stoliczkanus (Felder & Felder, 1865)
Polyommatus surakovi (Koçak, 1996)
Polyommatus sutleja (Moore, 1882)
Polyommatus tankeri (de Lesse, 1960)
Polyommatus tenhageni Schurian & Eckweiler, 1999
Polyommatus theresiae (Schurian & van Oorschot & van den Brink, 1992)
Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1834) Chapman's blue
Polyommatus timfristos Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya & Shapoval, 2016
Polyommatus transcaspicus (Staudinger, 1899)
Polyommatus tshetverikovi (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Polyommatus tsvetaevi (Forster, 1961)
Polyommatus turcicolus (Koçak, 1977)
Polyommatus turcicus (Koçak, 1977
Polyommatus valiabadi (Rose & Schurian, 1977)
Polyommatus vanensis (de Lesse, 1957)
Polyommatus venus (Staudinger, 1886)
Polyommatus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979) Andalusian anomalous blue
Polyommatus wagneri (Forster, 1956)
Polyommatus yurinekrutenko (Koçak, 1996)
Polyommatus zapvadi (Carbonell, 1993)
Polyommatus zarathustra (Eckweiler, 1997)
Polyommatus zardensis (Schurian & ten Hagen, 2001)