Polyommatus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Subgenera:
Agrodiaetus –
Bryna –
Meleageria –
Plebicula –
Polyommatus –
Sublysandra
[All are viewed as junior subjective synonyms of Polyommatus in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.]
Species:
- Species listed in Talavera et al., 2013 (185–186):
P. abdon –P. achaemenes –P. actinides –P. admetus –P. aedon –P. aereus –P. afghanica –P. ahmadi –
P. alcestis –P. aloisi –P. altivagans –P. amandus –P. amor –P. annamaria –P. anticarmon –P. antidolus –
P. arasbarani –P. ardschira –P. ariana –P. aroaniensis –P. artvinensis –P. aserbeidschanus –P. atlanticus –
P. attalaensis –P. atys –P. avinovi –P. baltazardi –P. baytopi –P. belovi –P. bilgini –P. bilucha –
P. birunii –P. bogra –P. boisduvalii –P. bollandi –P. buzulmavi –P. caeruleus –P. carmon –P. celina –
P. charmeuxi –P. cilicius –P. ciloicus –P. cornelia –P. cyaneus –P. dagestanica –P. dagmara –P. dama –
P. damocles –P. damon –P. damone –P. damonides –P. dantchenkoi –P. daphnis –P. deebi –P. demavendi –P. dizinensis –P. dolus –P. dorylas –P. drunela –P. eckweileri –P. ectabanensis –P. erigone –P. eriwanensis –
P. ernesti –P. eroides –P. eros –P. erotides –P. erschoffi –P. escheri –P. fabressei –P. faramarzii –
P. feminidoides –P. firdussii –P. florenciae –P. forresti –P. frauvartianae –P. fulgens –P. glaucias –P. golgus –
P. guezelmavi –P. haigi –P. hamadanensis –P. hopfferi –P. huberti –P. humedasae –P. hunza –P. icadius –
P. icarus –P. iphicarmon –P. iphidamon –P. iphigenia –P. iphigenides –P. isauricoides –P. ischkaschimicus –P. juldusus –
P. karacetinae –P. karatavicus –P. karindus –P. kendevani –P. khorasanensis –P. klausschuriani –P. kurdistanicus –
P. lama –P. larseni –P. lukhtanovi –P. luna –P. lycius –P. magnificus –P. maraschi –P. marcida –
P. masulensis –P. mediator –P. melanius –P. menalcas –P. menelaos –P. meoticus –P. merhaba –P. mithridates –
P. mofidii –P. morgani –P. muellerae –P. muetingi –P. musa –P. myrrha –P. nephohiptamenos –P. nepalensis –
P. ninae –P. nivescens –P. nuksani –P. orphicus –P. paulae – P. peilei –P. pfeifferi –P. phyllides –
P. phyllis –P. pierceae –P. pierinoi –P. poseidon –P. poseidonides –P. posthumus –P. pseuderos –P. pulchella –
P. putnami –P. ripartii –P. rjabovianus –P. rovshani –P. schuriani – P. sennanensis –P. sertavulensis –P. shahkuhensis –
P. shahrami –P. shamil –P. shirkuhensis –P. sigberti – P. sorkhensis –P. stempfferi –P. stigmatifera –P. surakovi –
P. tankeri –P. tenhageni –P. theresiae –P. thersites –P. transcaspicus –P. tshetverikovi –P. tsvetajevi –P. turcicolus –
P. turcicus –P. urmiaensis –P. valiabadi –P. vanensis –P. vaspurakani –P. venus –P. violetae –P. wagneri –
P. wiskotti –P. yurinekrutenko –P. zapvadi –P. zarathustra –P. zardensis
- Other species:
P. actis –P. afghanistana –P. alibalii –P. amorata –P. auratus –P. australorossicus –P. barmifiruze –P. biton –
P. carmonides –P. cilicinus –P. darius –P. delessei –P. dux –P. elena –P. erzindjanensis –P. evansi –
P. everesti –P. fabiani –P. forsteri –P. fraterluci –P. gorbunovi –P. igisizilim –P. kashani –P. khoshyeilaqi –
P. kuronjerus –P. lori –P. myrrhinus –P. nadira –P. namjagbarwanus –P. pseudactis –P. pseudoxerxes –P. pseudorjabovi –
P. sagratrox –P. sephidarensis –P. stoliczkanus –P. sutleja –P. timfristos
Name
[edit]Polyommatus Latreille, 1804: 185, 200.
Type species: Papilio Plebejus Ruralis icarus Rottemburg, 1775: 21.
Synonymy
[edit]- Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822. TS: Papilio damon [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Hirsutina Tutt, 1909: 154. TS: Papilio damon [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Bryna Evans, 1912: 984. TS: Lycaena stoliczkana C. & R. Felder, [1865]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Meleageria de Sagarra, [1926]: 271. TS: Papilio meleager Esper, [1777]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Plebicula Higgins, 1969. TS: Papilio argester Bergsträsser, [1779]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Paragrodiaetus Rose & Schurian, 1977: 68. TS: Lycaena glaucias Lederer, 1871. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Sublysandra Koçak, 1977: 52. TS: Polyommatus candalus Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Admetusia Koçak & Seven, 1998. TS: Papilio admetus Esper, [1783]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Thersitesia Koçak & Seven, 1998. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Actisia (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 8. TS: Lycaena actis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Antidolus (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 9. TS: Lycaena dolus var. antidolus Rebel, 1901. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Dagmara (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 9. TS: Lycaena dagmara Grum-Grshimailo, 1888. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Damaia (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 9. TS: Lycaena dama Staudinger, [1892]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Juldus (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 9. TS: Lycaena kindemanni var. juldusa Staudinger, 1886. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Musa (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 10. TS: Polyommatus musa Koçak & Hosseinpour, 1996. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Peileia (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 10. TS: Polyommatus peilei Bethune-Baker, 1921. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Phyllisia (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 10. TS: Lycaena damon var. phyllis Christoph, 1877. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Transcaspius (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 11. TS: Lycaena kindermanni var. transcaspica Heyne, [1895]. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
- Subsection Xerxesia (Section Agrodiaetus) Koçak & Kemal, 2001: 11. TS: Lycaena damone var. xerxes Staudinger, 1899. Synonymy in Talavera et al., 2013: 185.
References
[edit]Primary references
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