Synonyms

• Phaedrotes Scudder, 1876: 115. TS: Lycaena catalina Reakirt, 1866
• Apelles Hemming, 1931
• Bajluana Korshunov, 1990; (included for the time being), TS: Lycaena argali.

Primary references

• Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page. 

• Scudder, S.H. 1875–76. Synonymic list of the butterflies of North America, north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 2: 233–269; 3: 98–129; Pt.1 Nymphales, Pt.2 Rurales. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

• Ugelvig, L.V., Vila, R., Pierce, N.E. & Nash, D.R., 2011. A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris–Maculinea clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(1): 237–243. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.016 . Reference page. 
• Korb, S.K., 2012: To the systematics of blue butterflies of the genus Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 in the Tian-Shan mountains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 43: 173–180.
• Korb, S.K., 2013: Contribution to the systematics and distribution of lycaenid butterflies of the genus Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Amurian zoological journal, 5 (2): 177–179. Full article: .