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Polyommatus erotides

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Species of butterfly

Polyommatus erotides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. erotides
Binomial name
Polyommatus erotides
(Staudinger, 1892)

Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Saur, Altai, Siberia , Transbaikalia, Mongolia) that belongs to the blues family.

Taxonomy

Formerly a subspecies of Polyommatus eros.

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

erotides Stgr. (80 d), from the mountains of Southern Siberia, is a large, blue-green male form, with broad black distal margin to the forewing, into which the deep black veins merge.

Biology

The larva feeds on Fabaceae.

See also

References

  1. Staudinger, 1892 Lepidopteren des Kentei-Gebirges Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 300-393
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Polyommatus erotides


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