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Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schaffer, 1847)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Polyommatus → subgenus Agrodiaetus → species Polyommatus iphigenia

Species name(s)

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia (Herrich-Schaffer, 1847) = Lycaena iphigenia Herrich-Schäffer, [1847] = Agrodiaetus iphigenia = Polyommatus iphigenius. [9, 10]

Chelmos Blue.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8486

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Greece. [1].
  • Greece (mainland). [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Onobrychis alba, indifferent to the caterpillars ants Lasius alienus. [28].

Subspecies of Polyommatus iphigenia

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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