Polyommatus daphnis
| Polyommatus daphnis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. daphnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus daphnis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 | |
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Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Eastern and Southern Europe and Western Asia, from Southern Poland ranging to the Balkans and Turkey.
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Polyommatus daphnis – male
Mounted female
The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.
The larvae feed on horseshoe vetch, sainfoin and Securigera varia.
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