Polyommatus amor
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| Polyommatus amor | |
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| Seitz plate 80e | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. amor
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| Polyommatus amor | |
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Polyommatus amor is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lang in 1884. It is found in Ghissar, Darvaz and the western Pamir Mountains. In amor Stgr. (80 e), from Ferghana and the Tian-shan, the blue of the upperside of the male has a violet sheen, nearly as in icarus, and the black margin is narrower. [2] The larvae feed on Astragalus species.
References
- ↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Seitz. A. in 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.
