Cyclargus

Cyclargus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It was split off from the genus Hemiargus in 1948 by Vladimir Nabokov, although many lepidopterists have not accepted the new genus as valid. Nabokov designated C. ammon (Lucas's blue, from Cuba) as the type species for the genus, and included C. dominica (Jamaican blue, from Jamaica), C. thomasi (Thomas's blue, from Florida, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola), C. woodruffi (from the Virgin Islands) and C. erembis (from the Cayman Islands, synonym of C. ammon erembis). In 1992 K. Johnston and Matusik described C. sorpresus and C. kathleena, both from Hispaniola.

Cyclargus
C. a. erembis male
Both on Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Cyclargus Nabokov, 1948

The critically endangered Miami blue (C. thomasi bethunebakeri) is a member of the genus.

C. a. erembis was described originally as a full species, as opinion is at present divided as to whether or not this might be its status.^[1]

References

1. R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, pp. 84-85

• Zimmer, Dieter E. 1996. Genera, species and subspecies named by Nabokov. Excerpt from A Guide to Nabokov’s Butterflies and Moths. Hamburg. Found at Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine - URL retrieved October 13, 2006