Chapman's Blue

Chapman's Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. thersites
Binomial name
Polyommatus thersites Cantener, 1835

Lycaenidae - Polyommatus thersites - female

Chapman's Blue, Polyommatus thersites, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Europe, Morocco, Lebanon, Asia Minor, Iran and Tian Shan.

The larva feeds on Onobrychis species (Onobrychis arenaria, Onobrychis peduncularis, Onobrychis sativa and Onobrychis viciifolia)

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

• P. t. thersites (Europe, south-western Siberia, Caucasus, Armenia, Talysh Mountains, Kopet-Dagh)
• P. t. orientis (Sheljuzhko, 1928) (Alay Mountains, N.Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai, Sayan)