The species, listed in the presumed
phylogenetic sequence from the most ancestral to the most
apomorphic, are:
Basal group (
Maculinea sensu stricto) •
Phengaris alcon – Alcon blue, Alcon large blue • †
Phengaris alcon arenaria – Dutch Alcon blue •
Phengaris rebeli – mountain Alcon blue (may belong in
P. alcon)
Phengaris sensu stricto •
Phengaris albida (Leech, 1893) •
Phengaris atroguttata – great spotted blue •
Phengaris daitozana (Wileman, 1908) •
Phengaris xiushani Wang & Settele, 2010 – Xiushan's large blue '
Other "Maculinea"''''' •
Phengaris arion – large blue •
Phengaris arionides – greater large blue •
Phengaris cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848) •
Phengaris cyanecula cyanecula Mongolia •
Phengaris cyanecula obscurior (Staudinger, 1901)
Tian-Shan •
Phengaris cyanecula taras (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
Alay Mountains •
Phengaris cyanecula ussuriensis (Sheljuzhko, 1928)
Amur Oblast,
Ussuri •
Phengaris kurentzovi (Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994) •
Phengaris kurentzovi kurentzovi northern
China and
Korea •
Phengaris kurentzovi daurica Dubatolov, 1999
Transbaikalia •
Phengaris ligurica (Wagner, 1904) (may belong in
P. arion) •
Phengaris nausithous – dusky large blue •
Phengaris ogumae (Matsumura, 1910) (tentatively placed here) •
Phengaris ogumae ogumae Japan •
Phengaris ogumae doii (Matsumura, 1928)
Kuriles •
Phengaris takamukui •
Phengaris teleius – scarce large blue
Incertae sedis •
Phengaris xiaheana (Murayama, 1919) ==Footnotes==