Polyommatus dama

Polyommatus dama
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)(Global)
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1] (Mediterranean)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. dama
Binomial name
Polyommatus dama (Staudinger, 1892)

Polyommatus dama is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Turkey. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2014). "Polyommatus dama (Mediterranean assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T39490A53713342. Retrieved 30 June 2024.