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Polyommatus poseidon
Male upperside (left) and underside (right)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. poseidon
Binomial name
Polyommatus poseidon (Lederer, 1852)
Synonyms
Lycaena poseidon Lederer, 1852 Agrodiaetus poseidon Lycaena poseidon var. mesopotamica Staudinger, 1892

Polyommatus poseidon is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1852. It is found from Kütahya in western Turkey to Artvin in north-eastern Turkey, as well as in Georgia.

References

1. Polyommatus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region

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