Polyommatus corydonius

Polyommatus corydonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. corydonius
Binomial name
Polyommatus corydonius
Synonyms
  • Lycaena corydonius Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]
  • Lysandra caeruleossmar Verity, 1939
  • Lysandra sokolowskii Wojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1947
  • Lycaena corydon ciscaucasica Jachontov, 1914

Polyommatus corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran.[2] It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level.[3] The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa,[4] in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia.[5] The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased.[6]

Subspecies

  • ''Polyommatus corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran)
  • ''Polyommatus corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)

References

  1. ↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
  4. ↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  5. ↑ http://www.babochki-kavkaza.ru/index.php/lycaenidae-/163-polyommatus-lysandra-corydonius.html
  6. ↑ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
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