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Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relatiships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.
Notable taxa
- 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.
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Doubtful Polyommatinae
The genera in this list are considered Polyommatinae by some authors, but at least some belong elsewhere:
- Catopyrops – Lycaeninae?
- Erysichton – Lycaeninae?
- Ionolyce – Lycaeninae?
- Lepidochrysops – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
- Maculinea – Lycaeninae?
- Neolucia – Lycaeninae?
- Paralycaeides – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
- Prosotas – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
- Sahulana – Lycaeninae?
- Theclinesthes – Lycaeninae?
- Uranothauma – Lycaeninae?
- Zizina – Polyommatini? Lycaeninae?
