Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Glaucopsyche → subgenus Glaucopsyche → species Glaucopsyche melanops
Species name(s)
Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) melanops (Boisduval, 1828) = Polyommatus melanops Boisduval, 1829 = Papilio saportoe Hübner, 1827/41. [9, 10, 187]
Black-eyed Blue.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Primary colors
Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Spain, Italy, Portugal, France. [1].
- Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Portugal (mainland), France (mainland). [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Dorycnium, Genista, Lotus, Anthyllis, Ononis, Adenocarpus, Hedysarum, indifferent to the caterpillars ants genus Camponotus. [28].
Subspecies of Glaucopsyche melanops
- Glaucopsyche melanops algerica Rühl, 1895. [187]
- G. m. algirica (Heyne, 1895). [9]
- G. m. alluaudi (Oberthür, 1922). [9]
- G. m. arcasi Agenjo, 1967. [187]
- G. m. bamba Agenjo, 1967. [187]
- G. m. cantabra Agenjo, 1967. [187]
- G. m. diversa de Sagarra, 1926. [187]
- G. m. fascista Turati, 1928. [187]
- G. m. justoi Agenjo, 1967. [187]
- G. m. loechensis Bustillo, 1973. [187]
- G. m. marchandii Boisduval, 1833. [187]
- G. m. wheeleri Chapman, 1905. [187]
- G. m. williamsi Hemming, 1931. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Simon Coombes, Mario Maier. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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