Polyommatus daphnis

Polyommatus daphnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. daphnis
Binomial name
Polyommatus daphnis
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio daphnis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775[1][2]
  • Meleageria daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[2]
  • Papilio meleager Esper, 1779[1][2]

Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Eastern and Southern Europe and Western Asia, from Southern Poland ranging to the Balkans and Turkey.

Polyommatus daphnis – male
Mounted female

The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.

The larvae feed on horseshoe vetch, sainfoin and Securigera varia.

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis". Fauna Europaea.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Polyommatus daphnis". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. Taxonomie
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