Polyommatini
(a tribe of blue butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aricia agestis
Brown Argus
(Click to open)
 		Species 9 images 1 ident. refs
Aricia artaxerxes
Northern Brown Argus
Species 1 ident. refs
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 3 images 3 ident. refs
Cupido
a genus of blue butterflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
Lampides boeticus
Long-tailed Blue
Species 1 ident. refs
Phengaris
a genus of blue butterflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Plebejus
a genus of blue butterflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 10 images 1 ident. refs
Polyommatus
a genus of blue butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 51 images 6 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribePolyommatini (a tribe of blue butterflies)
SubfamilyPOLYOMMATINAE (blue butterflies)
FamilyLYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Polyommatini (a tribe of blue butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polyommatini (a tribe of blue butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polyommatini (a tribe of blue butterflies)
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