Plebejus
Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, numerous species that were included in Plebejus by some authors at the beginning of the 21st century have now been moved to separate genera again. These species may be found in Afarsia, Alpherakya, Agriades, Aricia, Eumedonia, Icaricia, Kretania, Maurus, Pamiria, Patricius, Plebejidea, Plebulina, and Rueckbeilia.Species
Species include:The ardis species-group:Plebejus eversmanni Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Plebejus baroghila HimalayasPlebejus firuskuhi AfghanistanPlebejus kwaja Baluchistan
The argus species-group:Plebejus aegidion Central AsiaPlebejus argus - silver-studded blue
The idas species-group :Plebejus agnata Plebejus argyrognomon - Reverdin's bluePlebejus pseudaegon Ussuri, North China, North Korea, JapanPlebejus sinica SichuanPlebejus maracandica Russia, Transbaikalia, Yakutia, Magadan. Mongolia, KamchatkaPlebejus caspica South UralsPlebejus lepidus Zhdanko, 2000 KazakhstanPlebejus uiguricus Zhdanko, 2000 ltai, Saur, Tarbagatai Mts., Dzhungarsky AlatauPlebejus mongolicus Rühl, Transbaikalia, Amur, MongoliaPlebejus baldur Kurdistan, LevantPlebejus bellieri CorsicaPlebejus argiva Kazakhstan, AlaiPlebejus christophi - small jewel bluePlebejus anikini Yakovlev, 2012 MongoliaPlebejus germani Yakovlev, 2012 MongoliaPlebejus roxane Tajikistan, AfghanistanPlebejus idas - Idas blue or northern bluePlebejus ganssuensis Kuku-Noor, ChinaPlebejus nushibi Zhdanko, 2000 KazakhstanPlebejus calliopis Alps, boreal Europe and Transcaucasia to Russian Far East and KamchatkaPlebejus anna - Anna's bluePlebejus melissa - Melissa blue or orange-bordered bluePlebejus fridayi OregonPlebejus nevadensis IberiaPlebejus tomyris AmurPlebejus samudra Northwest India, Hindu KushPlebejus rogneda Kashgar, Darvaz, Pamirs, TransalaiPlebejus subsolanus Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Mongolia, Korea, Japan.Plebejus iburiensis JapanPlebejus cleobis Siberia, Altai, Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Amur, Ussuri, Japan
Ungrouped:Plebejus sharga Churkin, 2004 MongoliaPlebejus shuroabadica TajikistanPlebejus dzhizaki Zhdanko, 2000 UzbekistanPlebejus bergi Kusnezov, 1908 KazakhstanPlebejus noah TuranPlebejus qinghaiensis Plebejus hishikawai TibetPlebejus callaghani Carbonell & Naderi, 2007 IranPlebejus choltagi Plebejus fyodor Hsu, Bálint & Johnson, 2000Plebejus maidantagi Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001Plebejus tillo Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001Plebejus churkini Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-ShanPlebejus exterius Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-ShanPlebejus zhdankoi Churkin, 2002 Tian-ShanPlebejus mellarius Churkin & Zhdanko, 2008 KyrgyzstanPlebejus arpa KyrgyzstanPlebejus aleremiticus Tajikistan