Plebejus
Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Plebejus Kluk, 1780 |
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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
The ardis species-group:
- Plebejus eversmanni (Lang, 1884)
- Plebejus baroghila (Tytler, 1926)
- Plebejus firuskuhi (Forster, 1940)
- Plebejus kwaja (Evans, 1932)
The argus species-group:
- Plebejus aegidion (Gerhard, 1851)
- Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-studded blue
The idas species-group (a.k.a. subgenus Lycaeides):
- Plebejus agnata (Rühl, 1895)
- Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, [1779]) – Reverdin's blue
- Plebejus pseudaegon (Butler, [1882])
- Plebejus sinica (Forster, 1936)
- Plebejus maracandica (Erschoff, 1874)
- Plebejus caspica (Forster, 1936)
- Plebejus lepidus Zhdanko, 2000
- Plebejus uiguricus Zhdanko, 2000
- Plebejus mongolicus Rühl, [1893]
- Plebejus baldur (Hemming, 1934)
- Plebejus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910)
- Plebejus argiva (Staudinger, 1886)
- Plebejus christophi (Staudinger, 1874) – small jewel blue
- Plebejus anikini Yakovlev, 2012
- Plebejus germani Yakovlev, 2012
- Plebejus roxane (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887)
- Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761) – Idas blue or northern blue
- Plebejus ganssuensis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
- Plebejus nushibi Zhdanko, 2000
- Plebejus calliopis (Boisduval, 1832)
- Plebejus anna (Edwards, 1861) – Anna's blue
- Plebejus melissa (Edwards, 1873) – Melissa blue or orange-bordered blue
- Plebejus fridayi (Chermock, 1945)
- Plebejus nevadensis (Oberthür, 1910)
- Plebejus tomyris (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
- Plebejus samudra (Moore, [1875])
- Plebejus rogneda (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
- Plebejus subsolanus (Eversmann, 1851)
- Plebejus iburiensis (Butler, [1882])
- Plebejus cleobis (Bremer, 1861)
Ungrouped:
- Plebejus sharga Churkin, 2004
- Plebejus shuroabadica (Shchetkin, 1963)
- Plebejus dzhizaki Zhdanko, 2000
- Plebejus bergi Kusnezov, 1908
- Plebejus noah (Herz, 1900)
- Plebejus qinghaiensis (Murayama, 1992)
- Plebejus hishikawai (Yoshino, 2003)
- Plebejus callaghani Carbonell & Naderi, 2007
- Plebejus choltagi (Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001)
- Plebejus fyodor Hsu, Bálint & Johnson, 2000
- Plebejus maidantagi Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001
- Plebejus tillo Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001
- Plebejus churkini Zhdanko, 2001
- Plebejus exterius Zhdanko, 2001
- Plebejus zhdankoi Churkin, 2002
- Plebejus mellarius Churkin & Zhdanko, 2008
- Plebejus arpa (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012)
- Plebejus aleremiticus (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012)
References
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- Savela, Markku. "Plebejus Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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