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 (Lang, 1884) Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
Plebejus baroghila (Tytler, 1926) Himalayas
Plebejus firuskuhi (Forster, 1940) Afghanistan
Plebejus kwaja (Evans, 1932) Baluchistan
The argus species-group:
Plebejus aegidion (Gerhard, 1851) Central Asia
Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) – silver-studded blue
The idas species-group (a.k.a. subgenus Lycaeides):
Plebejus agnata (Rühl, 1895)
Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, [1779]) – Reverdin's blue
Plebejus pseudaegon (Butler, [1882]) Ussuri, North China, North Korea, Japan
Plebejus sinica (Forster, 1936) Sichuan
Plebejus maracandica (Erschoff, 1874) Russia, Transbaikalia, Yakutia, Magadan. Mongolia, Kamchatka
Plebejus caspica (Forster, 1936) South Urals
Plebejus lepidus Zhdanko, 2000 Kazakhstan
Plebejus uiguricus Zhdanko, 2000 ltai, Saur, Tarbagatai Mts., Dzhungarsky Alatau
Plebejus mongolicus Rühl, [1893] Transbaikalia, Amur, Mongolia
Plebejus baldur (Hemming, 1934) Kurdistan, Levant
Plebejus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) Corsica
Plebejus argiva (Staudinger, 1886) Kazakhstan, Alai
Plebejus christophi (Staudinger, 1874) – small jewel blue
Plebejus anikini Yakovlev, 2012 Mongolia
Plebejus germani Yakovlev, 2012 Mongolia
Plebejus roxane (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887) Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761) – Idas blue or northern blue
Plebejus ganssuensis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Kuku-Noor, China
Plebejus nushibi Zhdanko, 2000 Kazakhstan
Plebejus calliopis (Boisduval, 1832) Alps, boreal Europe and Transcaucasia to Russian Far East and Kamchatka
Plebejus anna (Edwards, 1861) – Anna's blue
Plebejus melissa (Edwards, 1873) – Melissa blue or orange-bordered blue
Plebejus fridayi (Chermock, 1945) Oregon
Plebejus nevadensis (Oberthür, 1910) Iberia
Plebejus tomyris (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Amur
Plebejus samudra (Moore, [1875]) Northwest India, Hindu Kush
Plebejus rogneda (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Kashgar, Darvaz, Pamirs, Transalai
Plebejus subsolanus (Eversmann, 1851) Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, Mongolia, Korea, Japan.
Plebejus iburiensis (Butler, [1882]) Japan
Plebejus cleobis (Bremer, 1861) Siberia, Altai, Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Amur, Ussuri, Japan
Ungrouped:
Plebejus sharga Churkin, 2004 Mongolia
Plebejus shuroabadica (Shchetkin, 1963) Tajikistan
Plebejus dzhizaki Zhdanko, 2000 Uzbekistan
Plebejus bergi Kusnezov, 1908 Kazakhstan
Plebejus noah (Herz, 1900) Turan
Plebejus qinghaiensis (Murayama, 1992)
Plebejus hishikawai (Yoshino, 2003) Tibet
Plebejus callaghani Carbonell & Naderi, 2007 Iran
Plebejus choltagi (Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001)
Plebejus fyodor Hsu, Bálint & Johnson, 2000
Plebejus maidantagi Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001
Plebejus tillo Zhdanko & Churkin, 2001
Plebejus churkini Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-Shan
Plebejus exterius Zhdanko, 2001 Tian-Shan
Plebejus zhdankoi Churkin, 2002 Tian-Shan
Plebejus mellarius Churkin & Zhdanko, 2008 Kyrgyzstan
Plebejus arpa (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012) Kyrgyzstan
Plebejus aleremiticus (Churkin & Pletnev, 2012) Tajikistan
References
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jan Krzysztof Kluk