Plebejus

Plebejus
Plebejus argus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Plebejus
Kluk, 1780
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycaeides Hübner, [1819]
  • Lycoena Nicholl, 1901
  • Plebeius Kluk, 1780 (lapsus)
  • Rusticus Hübner, 1806 (suppressed)

Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

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