Polyommatus corydonius
| Polyommatus corydonius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. corydonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])[1] | |
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The False Chalkhill Blue (Polyommatus corydonius) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. The species is distributed in Caucasus, Transcaucasia, NE Turkey, and NW Iran,.[2] It inhabits wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia occurs from 1200 to 2000 m a.s.l.[3] The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa,[4] in Caucasus - Coronilla varia.[5] The species has not been assessed for IUCN Red List. In Armenia during 2003-2013 it demonstrates increasing population trend.[6]
Subspecies
- ''Polyommatus corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran)
- ''Polyommatus corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)
References
- ↑ Polyommatus at funet.fi
- ↑ Polyommatus at funet.fi
- ↑ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
- ↑ Polyommatus at funet.fi
- ↑ http://www.babochki-kavkaza.ru/index.php/lycaenidae-/163-polyommatus-lysandra-corydonius.html
- ↑ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
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