Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.

Glaucopsyche
Imagos of Glaucopsyche alexis, upper and underside, in Spain and Romania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Glaucopsyche
Scudder, 1872
Synonyms

Apelles Hemming, 1931
Bajluana Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990
Phaedrotes Scudder, 1876

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Glaucopsyche at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ LepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae
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