Polyommatus loewii

Large jewel blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. melampus
Binomial name
Polyommatus loewii
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Albulina loewii (Zeller, 1847)
  • Lycaena loewii Zeller, 1847
  • Polyommatus (Albulina) loewii
  • Polyommatus loewii
  • Albulina empyrea (Freyer, [1851])
  • Lycaena loewi var. gigas Staudinger, 1871
  • Albulina robusta (Turati & Fiori, 1930)
  • Lycaena löwii germaniciae Pfeiffer, 1932
  • Albulina minimus (Junge & Rose, 1978)
  • Polyommatus loewii afghana Howarth & Povolny, 1976
  • Polyommatus loewii antilibanotica Hemming, 1929
  • Lampides uranicola Walker, 1870
  • Polyommatus loewi lockharti Hemming, 1929
  • Lampides ferrana Walker, 1870
  • Lycaena hissarica Shchetkin, 1963

Polyommatus loewii, the large jewel blue, [2] [3] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon [4] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.[2]

Subspecies

Status

Not Rare.[4]

See also

Cited references

  1. Polyommatus, funet.fi
  2. 2.0 2.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Polyommatus genus.
  3. Card for Polyommatus loewii in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H85.16, pp 299.

References