Polyommatus poseidon
Polyommatus poseidon | |
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Male upperside (left) and underside (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Polyommatus |
Species: | P. poseidon |
Binomial name | |
Polyommatus poseidon (Lederer, 1852)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Polyommatus poseidon is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1852. It is found from Kütahya in western Turkey to Artvin in north-eastern Turkey, as well as in Georgia.[2]
Males have plesiomorphic blue colouration of the upper side of the wings with no specific morphological characters.
References
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- ↑ Polyommatus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region
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