Lysandra corydonius

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Lysandra corydonius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lysandra
Species:
L. corydonius
Binomial name
Lysandra corydonius
Synonyms
  • Lycaena corydoniusHerrich-Schäffer, [1852]
  • Polyommatus corydonius(Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
  • Lysandra caeruleossmarVerity, 1939
  • Lysandra sokolowskiiWojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1947
  • Lycaena corydon ciscaucasicaJachontov, 1914

Lysandra corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in south-eastern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran. [1] [2] L.corydonius is very similar to Lysandra coridon but a slight violet sheen is present, especially in the outer area of the wings. [3] It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level. [4] The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa , [1] in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia. [5] The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased. [4]

Subspecies

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lysandra Hemming, 1933" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Tshikolovets, V.V. - Butterflies of Eastern Europe, Urals and Caucasus. in Kyiv, Brno, 176 pp. 2003
  3. Seitz, A. 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)
  4. 1 2 Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
  5. "Polyommatus (Lysandra) corydonius - Голубянка коридоний".