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Blues
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Blues

Polyommatinae

Polyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents are in need of revision. Several genera might not even belong here.

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7 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Typical Blues

tribePolyommatini

Hypolycaenini

tribeHypolycaenini

Hairtails and Ciliate Blues

tribeLycaenesthini

Candalidini

tribeCandalidini

Remelanini

tribeRemelanini

Oxylidini

tribeOxylidini

Hypotheclini

tribeHypotheclini

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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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 58558.