Polyommatus zarathustra

Polyommatus zarathustra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. zarathustra
Binomial name
Polyommatus zarathustra
(Eckweiler, 1997)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrodiaetus zarathustra Eckweiler, 1997

The Zarathustra Blue (Polyommatus zarathustra) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Eckweiler in 1997. It is endemic of southern slope of the Meghri Mountains in Armenia and nearby Arasbaran Mountains in Northern Iran. Armenia is inhabited by subspecies P. z. neglecta (which was initially described as a species, Agrodiaetus neglectus).[2][3] It inhabits forests alternated with dry steppe-like areas at elevations of 1400–1900 m above sea level. Included in Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia as Endangered EN B1a+B2a.[4]

Subspecies

References

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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. ↑ Dantchenko A. 2000. A new taxon of the genus Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 from the Transcaucasus. Neue Entomologische Nachricten, 48: 69-71.
  4. ↑ Danchenko A. Agrodiaetus neglectus. 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/a144.html