Polyommatus loewii

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Large Jewel Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Polyommatus Species: P. melampus
Binomial name
Polyommatus loewii Zeller, 1847

The Large Jewel Blue Polyommatus loewii ^{[1] [2]} is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.

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

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon ^[3] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.^[1]

Asia Minor, Kurdistan, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran - Chitral, Turkestan. Armenia (highland), Caucasus Major, Talysh Mts. Ghissar Afghanistan, Arbarp, 10 miles W of Kabul

[edit] Status

Not Rare.^[3]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Polyommatus genus.
2. ^ Card for Polyommatus loewii in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H85.16, pp 299.

[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
• Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.