Polyommatus boisduvalii

Polyommatus boisduvalii
Polyommatus boisduvalii in Seitz 80 d
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. boisduvalii
Binomial name
Polyommatus boisduvalii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1843]) [1]

Polyommatus boisduvalii is a butterfly found in the Palearctic (East Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Southern Europe , Siberia, Kazakhstan Altai) that belongs to the blues family.

Taxonomy

Formerly a subspecies of Polyommatus eros.

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The males of the South Russian form [ of eros] boisduvalii H.-Schaff. (80 d) have again a different blue, being paler, purer, brighter, the outer margin of the forewing is broadly black, the black veins in the apical area of the forewing being thin but sharply marked. ^[2]

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

1. Herrich-Schäffer, [1843] Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .