Polyommatus erotides

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

Polyommatus erotides
Polyommatus erotides in Seitz 80 d
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Polyommatus
Species:
P. erotides
Binomial name
Polyommatus erotides
(Staudinger, 1892) [1]

Taxonomy

Formerly a subspecies of Polyommatus eros.

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

erotides Styr. (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
  1. Staudinger, 1892 Lepidopteren des Kentei-Gebirges Dt. Ent. 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) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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