Glaucopsyche | |
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Glaucopsyche melanops | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: |
Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 |
Synonyms | |
Apelles Hemming, 1931 |
Apelles Hemming, 1931
Bajluana Korshunov & Ivonin, 1990
Phaedrotes Scudder, 1876
Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Nearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.