Satyrium (butterfly)

Satyrium
Satyrium pruni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Satyrium
Scudder, 1876
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms

Chrysophanus Hübner, 1818 (suppressed)
Argus Gerhard, 1850 (non Bohadsch, 1761: preoccupied)
Callipsyche Scudder, 1876
Neolycaena de Nicéville, 1890
Bakeriia Tutt, 1907 (non Kieffer, 1905: preoccupied)
Edwardsia Tutt, 1907 (non Costa, 1838: preoccupied)
Erschoffia Tutt, 1907 (non Swinhoe, 1900: preoccupied)
Fixsenia Tutt, 1907
Felderia Tutt, 1907 (non Walsingham, 1887: preoccupied)
Klugia Tutt, 1907 (non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: preoccupied)
Kollaria Tutt, 1907 (non Pictet, 1841: preoccupied)
Leechia Tutt, 1907 (non South, 1901: preoccupied)
Nordmannia Tutt, 1907
Chattendenia Tutt, 1908
Strymonidia Tutt, 1908
Superflua Strand, 1910
Thecliolia Strand, 1910
Tuttiola Strand, 1910
Pseudothecla Strand, 1910
Necovatia Verity, 1951
Euristrymon Clench, 1961
Harkenclenus dos Passos, 1971
Rhymnaria Zhdanko, 1983
Armenia Dublatov & Korshunov, 1984

The genus Satyrium contains butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Holarctic ecozone.

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