Polyommatini
| Polyommatini | |
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| Spring azure (Celastrina ladon) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Rhopalocera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: |
Polyommatini Swainson, 1827 |
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Polyommatini is a tribe of lycaenid butterflies in the subfamily Polyommatinae. They were extensively studied by Russian novelist and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov.
Genera in this tribe are:
Several genera of Polyommatinae have been allied with Polyommatini, especially Polyommatus. Their placement in the present tribe requires confirmation however:
Other such doubtful Polyommatini may even be more distant altogether. Lepidochrysops, Paralycaeides and Prosotas are sometimes placed here, but might belong elsewhere in the Polyommatinae or even in the Lycaeninae (if these are treated in the inclusive circumscription).
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