Polyommatus actinides

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Polyommatus actinides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. actinides
Binomial name
Polyommatus actinides
(Staudinger, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena actinides Staudinger, 1886
  • Agrodiaetus actinides
  • Agrodiaetus praeactinides Forster, 1960
  • Polyommatus praeactinides

Polyommatus actinides is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1886. It is found in central Asia.

The larvae feed on Onobrychis species.

Subspecies

  • Polyommatus actinides actinides (Zaalaisky Mountains)
  • Polyommatus actinides praeactinides (Forster, 1960) (western Tian-Shan)
  • Polyommatus actinides weidenhofferi Eckweiler, 1997 (Kirhgizsky Mountains)

References

  1. Polyommatus at funet.fi


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