Polyommatus albicans
| Polyommatus albicans | |
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. albicans |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus albicans Gerhard, 1851 | |
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The Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Polyommatus albicans) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Spain and Western North Africa.[1]
The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.
The larvae feed on Horseshoe Vetch.
References
- ↑ Mensi, Paola; Lattes, Aldo; Salvidio, Sebastiano; Balletto, Emilio (1988). "Taxonomy, evolutionary biology and biogeography of South West European Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (3): 259–271. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01363.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
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