Polyommatus australorossicus

Polyommatus australorossicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. australorossicus
Binomial name
	Polyommatus australorossicus; Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2017

Last updated January 02, 2026

Polyommatus australorossicus, the South-Russian blue, is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Vladimir A. Lukhtanov and Alexander V. Dantchenko in 2017 and is found in southern Russia in the Caucasus Mountains.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "New butterfly species discovered in Russia with an unusual set of 46 chromosomes". Phys.org . 27 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
↑ Lukhtanov, V. A.; Dantchenko, A. V. (2017). "Polommatus (Agrodiaetus) australorossicus • A New Butterfly Species from south Russia revealed through Chromosomal and Molecular Analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Novataxa. 11 (4): 769–795. doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072 . PMC 5740405 . PMID 29302297. S2CID 28429387 . Retrieved 30 November 2017.

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[1] "New butterfly species discovered in Russia with an unusual set of 46 chromosomes". Phys.org . 27 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

[2] Lukhtanov, V. A.; Dantchenko, A. V. (2017). "Polommatus (Agrodiaetus) australorossicus • A New Butterfly Species from south Russia revealed through Chromosomal and Molecular Analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Novataxa. 11 (4): 769–795. doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072 . PMC 5740405 . PMID 29302297. S2CID 28429387 . Retrieved 30 November 2017.

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