Polyommatus iphigenia

Polyommatus iphigenia
Polyommatus iphigenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. iphigenia
Binomial name
Polyommatus iphigenia

Polyommatus iphigenia is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found in the Balkans and Asia Minor.

Subspecies

  • P. i. iphigenia Anatolia
  • P. i. araratensis (de Lesse, 1957) Turkey
  • P. i. nonacriensis (Brown, 1976) Greece
  • P. i. manuelae Eckweiler & Schurian, 2013

Description from Seitz

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

Polyommatus iphigenia H.-Schaff. (81i) is again similar to damon, above more greenish blue, with broad black border, the costal and apical areas of the hindwing also being black. The underside is paler and has smaller ocelli. Asia Minor and Persia.[2]

Biology

The larvae feed on Onobrychis species.It overwinters in the young caterpillar stage which tended by Lasius alienus .It flies in one generation, July August.Its habitat consists of dry places on calcareous soils.[3]

Etymology

Named in the classical tradition for Iphigenia.

References

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  1. ^ Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
  2. ^ Adalbert Seitz in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
  3. ^ Tolman, Tom; Lewington, Richard 1998 The Butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa.Harpercollins ISBN 9780002199926


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