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References
- ↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Polyommatus andronicus". Diurnal Butterflies of Bulgaria. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea