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Glaucopsyche
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.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Glaucopsyche
subgenusGlaucopsyche
Green-underside Blue
speciesGlaucopsyche alexis
Black-eyed Blue
speciesGlaucopsyche melanops
Phaedrotes
subgenusPhaedrotes
Paphos Blue
speciesGlaucopsyche paphos
Lycormas Blue
speciesGlaucopsyche lycormas
Anatolian Black-eyed Blue
speciesGlaucopsyche astraea
Glaucopsyche argali
speciesGlaucopsyche argali
Glaucopsyche safidensis
speciesGlaucopsyche safidensis
Glaucopsyche charybdis
speciesGlaucopsyche charybdis
Glaucopsyche cyllarus
speciesGlaucopsyche cyllarus
Glaucopsyche aeruginosa
speciesGlaucopsyche aeruginosa
Glaucopsyche hazerii
speciesGlaucopsyche hazerii
Glaucopsyche lessei
speciesGlaucopsyche lessei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56777.