Polyommatus daphnis
Polyommatus daphnis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Polyommatus |
Species: | P. daphnis |
Binomial name | |
Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1][2] | |
Synonyms | |
Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Eastern and Southern Europe and Western Asia, from Southern Poland ranging to the Balkans and Turkey.
The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.
The larvae feed on horseshoe vetch, sainfoin and Securigera varia.
Sources
- 1 2 3 "Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis". Fauna Europaea.
- 1 2 3 4 "Polyommatus daphnis". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. Taxonomie
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