Polyommatus golgus

This article is about the Spanish butterfly. For the American Sierra Nevada blue, see Agriades podarce.
Polyommatus golgus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. golgus
Binomial name
Polyommatus golgus
(Hübner, 1813)

Polyommatus golgus, the Sierra Nevada blue, is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to Spain with habitat in the Sierra Nevada in Andalusia (Granada and Almería provinces), and is an endangered species.

Sources

  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Polyommatus golgus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T17940A64550866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T17940A64550866.en. Retrieved 8 August 2016.


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