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Polyommatus alcestis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. alcestis
Binomial name
Polyommatus alcestis (Zerny, 1932)
Synonyms
Lycaena ripperti alcestis Zerny, 1932 Agrodiaetus alcestis karacetinae Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002

Polyommatus alcestis is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Zerny in 1932. It is found in Turkey, Iran and the Levant.

Subspecies

• Polyommatus alcestis alcestis (Asia Minor, Levant)
• Polyommatus alcestis karacetinae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) (south-eastern Turkey: Hakkari, western Iran)

References

1. "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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