Subgenus
Glaucopsyche
Glaucopsyche lygdamus. Photo: (c) Brad Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Nearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called “blues” see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.