Polyommatus damonides

Polyommatus damonides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. damonides
Binomial name
Polyommatus damonides
(Staudinger, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena damone var. damonides Staudinger, 1899

The Damonides Blue (Polyommatus damonides) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Staudinger in 1899. It is endemic of southern part of the Zangezur Mountains,[2] where is known from two populations. One population inhabits the vicinity of the town of Meghri in Armenia (Syunik marz) and another lives in the vicinity of the town of Ordubad in Nakhichevan. Included in Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia as Crically Endangered CR B1ab(i,ii,iii)+B2b(i,ii,iii).[3]

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  1. ↑ Polyommatus at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Tuzov V.K., P.V. Bogdanov, S.V. Churkin, A.L. Devyatkin, A.V. Danchenko, V.S. Murzin, G.D. Samodurov, A.B. Zhdanko. 2000. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Volume 2: Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, and Lycaenidae. Pensoft Publishers. 581 pp.
  3. ↑ Danchenko A. Agrodiaetus damonides. 2010. In: Aghasyan A. and Kalashyan M. (eds). The Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia. Asoghik. Available at http://www.mnp.am/red_book_fauna/eng/a140.html