Polyommatus fulgens
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Polyommatus fulgens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Polyommatus |
Subgenus: | Agrodiaetus |
Species: | P. fulgens |
Binomial name | |
Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fulgens (de Sagarra, 1925) | |
Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fulgens is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the north and north-east of Spain.,[1]
The wingspan is about 29 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Onobrychis viciifolia and other Onobrychis spp.
Subspecies or varities
- Polyommatus fulgens fulgens (north-east Iberian Peninsula, Spain)
- Polyommatus fulgens ainsae Forster, 1961 (north Iberian Peninsula, Spain)
The taxon ainsae was treated as a full species by some authors but molecular studies have demonstrate that it's the same species that the taxon "fulgens".
synonyms
- Agrodiaetus dolus fulgens de Sagarra, 1925
- Agrodiaetus ainsae Forster, 1961
- Polyommatus fulgens f. pseudovirgilius (Lesse, 1962)
- Agrodiaetus ainsae leonensis Verhulst, 2004
References
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