Polyommatus erotides
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| Polyommatus erotides | |
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| File:Polyommatus erotides imported from iNaturalist photo 174281206 on 12 September 2024.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. erotides
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus erotides (Staudinger, 1892) [1]
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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
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.[2]
Biology
The larva feeds on Fabaceae.
See also
References
- ↑ Staudinger, 1892 Lepidopteren des Kentei-Gebirges Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 300-393
- ↑ 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.
