Glaucopsyche
| Glaucopsyche | |
|---|---|
| Imagos of Glaucopsyche alexis, upper and underside, in Spain and Romania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 |
| Synonyms | |
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Apelles Hemming, 1931 | |
Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.