The common blue butterfly or European common blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings. Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a black-brown border and a white fringe. The females are usually brown above with a blue dusting and orange spots.
The chalkhill blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small butterfly that can be found throughout the Palearctic realm, where it occurs primarily in grasslands rich in chalk. Males have a pale blue colour, while females are brown. Both have chequered fringes around their wings.
Polyommatus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.
Polyommatus eros, the Eros blue or common meadow blue, is a species of blue butterfly found in the Palearctic.
Udara lanka, the Ceylon hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Eumedonia eumedon, the geranium argus, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. This butterfly has been included in the genera Plebejus, Plebeius, Polyommatus and Aricia, but recent molecular studies have demonstrated that Eumedonia is a valid genus, different from the previous genera mentioned.
Lysandra albicans, the Spanish chalk-hill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Spain and Western North Africa.
Polyommatus damon, the Damon blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
Polyommatus achaemenes is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Skala in 2002. It is only known from very high altitudes in the Iranian Zagros Mountains.
Polyommatus admetus, the anomalous blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1783. It is found in south-eastern Europe and Turkey.
Polyommatus aloisi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Zsolt Bálint in 1988. It is found in southern Mongolia. The appearance of the insect is brown with dots.
Polyommatus arasbarani, the Arasbaran anomalous blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carbonell & Naderi in 2000. It is endemic of southern slope of the Meghri Mountains in Armenia and nearby Arasbaran Mountains in northern Iran. Armenia is inhabited by subspecies P. a. neglecta. It inhabits forests alternated with dry steppe-like areas at elevations of 1700–2000 m above sea level. The species is included in the Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia as endangered EN B1a+B2a, although in the book it is still called with the invalid name - Agrodiaetus neglectus.
Polyommatus artvinensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frédéric Carbonell in 1997. It is found in Turkey, where it is only known from the north-eastern Pontic chain, in the provinces of Erzurum and Artvin.
Polyommatus karindus is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Norman Denbigh Riley in 1921. It is only known from the Iranian Zagros Mountains. The habitat consists of dry slopes, gorges and plateaus with xerophyte or steppe vegetation, sometimes wooded areas from 1,800 up to 2,800 meters.
Polyommatus poseidon is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1852. It is found from Kütahya in western Turkey to Artvin in north-eastern Turkey, as well as in Georgia.
Ali Botush, also spelled Alibotoush, is a nature reserve in the small mountain range of Slavyanka, located on the border between Bulgaria and Greece. The reserve occupies the northern section of the mountain which lies within the territory of Bulgaria and takes its name from the old name of Slavyanka. It is situated in the municipalities of Sandanski and Hadzhidimovo, Blagoevgrad Province. It was declared in 1951 to protect the largest forests of the endemic Bosnian pine in the Balkan Peninsula. Its territory was further expanded several times and spans an area of 1638 ha or 16,38 km2. It was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1977.
Polyommatus nephohiptamenos, or Higgins's anomalous blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae described by J. Brown and John G. Coutsis in 1978. It has an IUCN Red List status of near threatened.
