Polyommatus violetae

Polyommatus violetae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Subgenus: Agrodiaetus
Species: P. violetae
Binomial name
Polyommatus violetae
(Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae, the Andalusian anomalous blue, is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the south (subspecies violetae) and south-east (subspecies subbaeticus) of Spain. Adults are on wing from July to August.

Subspecies

Two subspecies:

Type locality: Sierra de la Almijara, south-eastern Málaga province, southern Andalusia region, southern Spain
The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea argentea
Type locality: Sierra de la Sagra, northern Granada province, north-eastern Andalusia region, southe-eastern Spain.
The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea hispanica
Note: the taxon subbaeticus was described as a subspecies of Agrodiaetus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910), but molecular studies have demonstrate that belongs to the species violetae.

Synonyms

Combination

References

  1. ↑ IUCN (2016). "Polyommatus violetae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2016.


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