Polyommatus albicans

Polyommatus albicans
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. albicans
Binomial name
Polyommatus albicans
Gerhard, 1851
Synonyms
  • Lysandra albicans

The Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Polyommatus albicans) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Spain and Western North Africa.

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.

The larvae feed on Horseshoe Vetch.

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