Polyommatus achaemenes

Polyommatus achaemenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. achaemenes
Binomial name
	Polyommatus achaemenes; (Skala, 2002)
Synonyms
	Agrodiaetus achaemenesSkala, 2002;

Last updated January 02, 2026

Polyommatus achaemenes is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Skala in 2002. It is only known from very high altitudes (ranging from 3,800 to 4,000 meters) in the Iranian Zagros Mountains (Kuh-e-Haft, Bakhtiari).^[2]

References

↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Chromosome differentiation and the radiation of the butterfly subgenus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatus) – a molecular phylogenetic approach

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[1] "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Chromosome differentiation and the radiation of the butterfly subgenus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatus) – a molecular phylogenetic approach

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