Cyaniris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia:Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Cyaniris
Species: C. bellis – C. semiargus
Name

Cyaniris Dalman, 1816: 63.

Type species: Cyaniris argianus Dalman, 1816: 95, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Nomiades Hübner, [1819]: 67. Synonymy in Hemming, 1967: 314.
Glaucolinea Wang & Rehn, 1999. Synonymy in Talavera et al, 2012: 187.
Type species: Glaucolinea xingana Wang & Rehn, 1999.

References
Primary references

Dalman, J.W. 1816. Försök till systematisk Uppställning af Sveriges Fjärillar. Kungliga svenska Vetenskaps Acadamiens Handlingar Serial 1b. 1816: 48–101, 199–225, 2 pls. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x Reference page.

Additional references

Huang, R.-X. & Murayama, S.-i. 1992. Butterflies of Xinjiang Province, China. Tyô to Ga 43(1): 1–22. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Cyaniris is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Recent molecular studies have determined that Cyaniris is a different genus from Polyommatus, where it has been included for several years.
Species

Two species are recognized:[1]

Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Cyaniris bellis (Freyer, 1845)

References

Savela, Markku. "Cyaniris Dalman, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2019.