• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  Türkçe	Kýzýlkum Esmergözü
  Русский	Голубянка самаркандская

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Plebejus maracandicus	Erschoff, 1874
  Plebejus aegina	Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
  Plebejus caspicus	Forster, 1936
  Plebejus tshimgana	Forster, 1936

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) maracandica caspicus	Forster, 1936
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) maracandica maracandica	(Erschoff, 1874)

• Plebejus (Lycaeides) maracandica is a member of the clade Plebejus idas:

• Species	Author
  Plebejus anikini	Yakovlev, 2012
  Plebejus germani	Yakovlev, 2012
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) agnata	(Staudinger, [1889])
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) anna	(W.H. Edwards, 1861)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) argiva	(Staudinger, 1886)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) argyrognomon	(Bergsträsser, [1779])
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) caspica	(Forster, 1936)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) christophi	(Staudinger, 1874)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) cleobis	(Bremer, 1861)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) fridayi	Chermock, 1945
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) ganssuensis	(Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) iburiensis	(Butler, [1882])
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) idas	(Linnaeus, 1761)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) lepidus	Zhdanko, 2000
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) maracandica	(Erschoff, 1874)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) melissa	W.H. Edwards, 1873
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) mongolicus	(Rühl, 1893)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) nushibi	Zhdanko, 2000
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) pseudaegon	(Butler, [1882])
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) rogneda	(Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) roxane	(Grum-Grshimailo, 1887)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) samudra	(Moore, 1874)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) subsolanus	(Eversmann, 1851)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) uiguricus	Zhdanko, 2000
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) villai	(Jutzeler, Leigheb, Manil, Villa & Volpe, 2003)
  Plebejus (P.) bellieri	(Oberthür, 1910)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Lepidoptera Caucasi	Валентин Тихонов
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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