Polyommatus ardschira

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Polyommatus ardschira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. ardschira
Binomial name
Polyommatus ardschira
(Brandt, 1938) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena ardschiraBrandt, 1938

Polyommatus ardschira is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by W. Brandt in 1938. It is found in the Elburz Mountains.

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References

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