Polyommatus erotides

Polyommatus erotides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. erotides
Binomial name
Polyommatus erotides (Staudinger, 1892) [1]

Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Saur, Altai, Siberia , Transbaikalia, Mongolia) 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.

erotides Stgr. (80 d), from the mountains of Southern Siberia, is a large, blue-green male form, with broad black distal margin to the forewing, into which the deep black veins merge. ^[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Fabaceae.

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

1. Staudinger, 1892 Lepidopteren des Kentei-Gebirges Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 300-393
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 .