• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Small Jewel Blue
  Türkçe	Christoph'un Esmergözü
  中文	克豆灰蝶

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Lycaena christophi	Staudinger, 1874
  Polyommatus christophi	Staudinger, 1874

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) christophi christophi	(Staudinger, 1874)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) christophi nanshanica	(Forster, 1936)
  Plebejus (Lycaeides) christophi transcaucasicus	(Rebel, 1901)

• Plebejus (Lycaeides) christophi 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
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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