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. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Academy of Sciences (1871): 24–83. Online. 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. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. 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: .