genus

PlebejusKluk, 1780

species
20out of 7427% covered
images
11,037

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusPlebejus20 species11,037 images
    • speciesPlebejus acmoin(Westwood)recorded as Plebejus acmon89 images
    • speciesPlebejus aegus(Chapman, 1917)
    • speciesPlebejus aehaja(Behr, 1867)
    • speciesPlebejus albicansHerrich-Schäffer, 1856
    • speciesPlebejus algon[Denis & Schiffermüller]4 images
    • speciesPlebejus alizadehorumBálint & Karbalaye, 2020
    • speciesPlebejus alpinaCourvoisier
    • speciesPlebejus amanda(Schneider, 1792)1,116 images
    • speciesPlebejus anikini
    • speciesPlebejus anna(W. H. Edwards, 1861)recorded as Plebejus anna ricei1 image
    • speciesPlebejus antegonBoisduval
    • speciesPlebejus aquilo(Boisduval, 1833)9 images
    • speciesPlebejus argus(Linnaeus, 1758)8,894 images
    • speciesPlebejus arguscalliopisvalesiacaOberthür
    • speciesPlebejus atrapraetextusField, 1939recorded as Plebejus idas atrapraetextus1 image
    • speciesPlebejus autaegonBoisduval
    • speciesPlebejus bejarensisintermediaTutt
    • speciesPlebejus bejarensislilacinaTutt
    • speciesPlebejus bejarensislilacinamarynataTutt
    • speciesPlebejus bejarensismetallicaTutt
    • speciesPlebejus bejarensisminorTutt
    • speciesPlebejus bellieri(Oberthür, 1910)
    • speciesPlebejus cabrorus(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus callinicus(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus candalus(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
    • speciesPlebejus carolyna(Comstock, 1922)
    • speciesPlebejus chrisreaiChurkin, Kolesnichenko & Yakovlev, 2019
    • speciesPlebejus christophi(Staudinger, 1874)31 images
    • speciesPlebejus cleopatraHemming, 1934
    • speciesPlebejus eversmanni(Lang, 1884)12 images
    • speciesPlebejus fantomasKrupitsky et Li
    • speciesPlebejus ferniensis(Chermock, 1944)
    • speciesPlebejus hesperica(Rambur, 1842)3 images
    • speciesPlebejus hispanaStaudinger, 1861
    • speciesPlebejus homeyeri(Dewitz, 1879)
    • speciesPlebejus illustris(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus insularis(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus intermediamarginata(Tutt, 1909)
    • speciesPlebejus jermyni(Swinhoe, 1910)
    • speciesPlebejus karinae
    • speciesPlebejus leucofasciatus(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus lucianus(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus lucifer(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus lupini(Boisduval, 1869)recorded as Icaricia lupini118 images
    • speciesPlebejus lurifugaFruhstorfer
    • speciesPlebejus luzonicus(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus maricopa(Reakirt, 1866)2 images
    • speciesPlebejus monticola(Clémence, 1909)17 images
    • speciesPlebejus nivescens(Keferstein, 1851)recorded as Polyommatus nivescens16 images
    • speciesPlebejus oegiadesGesch.
    • speciesPlebejus oegidionMeissner
    • speciesPlebejus optimus(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus orestes(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus orientalis(Tutt, 1909)
    • speciesPlebejus osias(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus patriarcaBálint
    • speciesPlebejus phonix(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus poggii(Dewitz, 1879)
    • speciesPlebejus polysperchinus(Kheil, 1884)
    • speciesPlebejus posterocaerulescens(Tutt, 1909)
    • speciesPlebejus pseudargonBang-Haas
    • speciesPlebejus pylaon(Fischer de Waldheim, 1832)25 images
    • speciesPlebejus saepiolus(Boisduval, 1852)recorded as Icaricia saepiolus590 images
    • speciesPlebejus sareptensis(Chapman, 1917)
    • speciesPlebejus scudderii(Edwards, 1861)61 images
    • speciesPlebejus seanconneryiKrupitsky, Pljushtch & Skrylnik, 2021
    • speciesPlebejus shasta(Edwards, 1862)6 images
    • speciesPlebejus sieversiirecorded as Afarsia sieversii4 images
    • speciesPlebejus siraha(Kheil, 1884)
    • speciesPlebejus snelleni(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus sorhageni(Dewitz, 1879)
    • speciesPlebejus staudingeri(Röber, 1886)
    • speciesPlebejus talinga(Kheil, 1884)recorded as Jamides talinga38 images
    • speciesPlebejus unicolor(Röber, 1886)

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)