Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Saur, Altai, Siberia , Transbaikalia, Mongolia) that belongs to the blues family.
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Polyommatus erotides in Seitz 80 d | |
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Species: | P. erotides
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Polyommatus erotides (Staudinger, 1892) [1]
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Taxonomy
editFormerly a subspecies of Polyommatus eros.
Description from Seitz
editerotides 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
editThe larva feeds on Fabaceae.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.