Polyommatus eros

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Common Meadow Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Polyommatus Species: P. eros
Binomial name
Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

The Eros blue Polyommatus eros^[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in Europe. It is also called as the Common Meadow Blue.

Contents 1 Range 2 Cited references 3 Taxonomy 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in Europe, specifically along the Pyrenees, Alps and the Apennines.^[1]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Polyommatus genus.
2. ^ Card for Polyommatus eros in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.

[edit] Taxonomy

The eros species earlier comprised a large number of subpecies which extended across the Himalayas and the Central asian highlands. Many of the subspecies include those occurring in India have now been hived off into separate species.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

[edit] References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.