Phengaris

The upper side of the wings of the males is blue, the females are blue-brown or brown. On the upper side of the wings, most species have rows of brown spots. In the central cell on the underside of the wings there is one simple or double spot, which disappears from time to time. The general background of the underside of the wings is gray, there are no reddish holes in the marginal region. Sexual dimorphism is not as pronounced as in most other species of cyanosis, but to a greater or lesser extent is observed in all members of the genus. The outer edges of the front and rear wings are rounded. Fringe can be variegated. The eyes are bare.

Myrmecophiles . Caterpillars feed on plants at early ages, and at later ages live in the nest of ants. Caterpillars eat larvae and pupae of ants, remaining to spend the winter.

Basal group ( Maculinea sensu stricto )

• Phengaris alcon
  • Phengaris alcon arenaria
• Phengaris rebeli

Phengaris sensu stricto

• Phengaris daitozana (Wileman, 1908)
• Phengaris albida (Leech, 1893)
• Phengaris atroguttata
• Phengaris xiushani (Wang & Settele, 2010)

Other "Maculinea"

• Phengaris kurentzovi (Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994)
  • Phengaris kurentzovi kurentzovi
  • Phengaris kurentzovi daurica Dubatolov, 1999
• Phengaris nausithous
• Phengaris ogumae (Matsumura, 1910)
  • Phengaris ogumae ogumae
  • Phengaris ogumae doii (Matsumura, 1928)
• Phengaris teleius
• Phengaris cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848)
  • Phengaris cyanecula cyanecula
  • Phengaris cyanecula obscurior (Staudinger, 1901)
  • Phengaris cyanecula taras (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
  • Phengaris cyanecula ussuriensis (Sheljuzhko, 1928)
• Phengaris arion
• Phengaris ligurica (Wagner, 1904)
• Phengaris takamukui
• Phengaris arionides

Incertae sedis

• Phengaris xiaheana (Murayama, 1919)

• Lvovsky, A.L., Morgun, D.V. - The Bulavous Lepidopterans of Eastern Europe (Determinants for the Flora and Fauna of Russia), Moscow: KMK, 2007