Plebejus

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Plebejus
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Plebejus argus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Plebejus
Kluk, 1780
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycaeides Hübner, [1819]
  • Lycoena Nicholl, 1901
  • Plebeius Kluk, 1780 (lapsus)
  • Rusticus Hübner, 1806 (suppressed)

Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

Taxonomy[]

As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in Plebejus by some authors at the beginning of the 21st century have now been moved to separate genera again. These species may be found in Afarsia, Alpherakya, Agriades, Aricia, Eumedonia, Icaricia, Kretania, Maurus, Pamiria, Patricius, Plebejidea, Plebulina, and Rueckbeilia.

Species[]

Species include:[1]

The ardis species-group:

  • (Lang, 1884) Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
  • (Tytler, 1926) Himalayas
  • (Forster, 1940) Afghanistan
  • (Evans, 1932) Baluchistan

The argus species-group:

  • (Gerhard, 1851) Central Asia
  • Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-studded blue

The idas species-group (a.k.a. subgenus Lycaeides):

  • (Rühl, 1895)
  • Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, [1779]) – Reverdin's blue
  • (Butler, [1882]) Ussuri, North China, North Korea, Japan
  • (Forster, 1936) Sichuan
  • (Erschoff, 1874) Russia, Transbaikalia, Yakutia, Magadan. Mongolia, Kamchatka
  • (Forster, 1936) South Urals
  • Zhdanko, 2000 Kazakhstan
  • Zhdanko, 2000 ltai, Saur, Tarbagatai Mts., Dzhungarsky Alatau
  • Rühl, [1893] Transbaikalia, Amur, Mongolia
  • (Hemming, 1934) Kurdistan, Levant
  • (Oberthür, 1910) Corsica
  • (Staudinger, 1886) Kazakhstan, Alai
  • Plebejus christophi (Staudinger, 1874) – small jewel blue
  • Yakovlev, 2012 Mongolia
  • Yakovlev, 2012 Mongolia
  • (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887) Tajikistan, Afghanistan
  • Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761) – Idas blue or northern blue
  • (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Kuku-Noor, China
  • Zhdanko, 2000 Kazakhstan
  • (Boisduval, 1832) Alps, boreal Europe and Transcaucasia to Russian Far East and Kamchatka
  • Plebejus anna (Edwards, 1861) – Anna's blue
  • Plebejus melissa (Edwards, 1873) – Melissa blue or orange-bordered blue
  • (Chermock, 1945) Oregon
  • (Oberthür, 1910) Iberia
  • (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Amur
  • (Moore, [1875]) Northwest India, Hindu Kush
  • (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Kashgar, Darvaz, Pamirs, Transalai
  • (Eversmann, 1851) Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Mongolia, Korea, Japan.
  • (Butler, [1882]) Japan
  • (Bremer, 1861) Siberia, Altai, Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Amur, Ussuri, Japan

Ungrouped:

  • Churkin, 2004 Mongolia
  • (Shchetkin, 1963) Tajikistan
  • Zhdanko, 2000 Uzbekistan
  • Kusnezov, 1908 Kazakhstan
  • (Herz, 1900) Turan
  • (Murayama, 1992)
  • (Yoshino, 2003) Tibet
  • Carbonell & Naderi, 2007 Iran
  • (Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001)
  • Hsu, Bálint & Johnson, 2000
  • Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001
  • Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001
  • Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-Shan
  • Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-Shan
  • Churkin, 2002 Tian-Shan
  • Churkin & Zhdanko, 2008 Kyrgyzstan
  • (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012) Kyrgyzstan
  • (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012) Tadjikistan

References[]

  1. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Plebejus Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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