Polyommatus eros
| Common Meadow Blue | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. eros |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808) | |
The Eros blue Polyommatus eros[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in Europe. It is also called as the Common Meadow Blue.
Male upperside
Male underside
Range
The butterfly occurs in Europe, specifically along the Pyrenees, Alps and the Apennines.[1]
Taxonomy
The eros species earlier comprised a large number of subspecies which extended across the Himalayas and the Central Asian highlands. Many of the subspecies include those occurring in India have now been hived off into separate species.[1]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Polyommatus genus.
- ↑ Card for Polyommatus eros in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
References
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.