Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Saur, Altai, Siberia , Transbaikalia, Mongolia) that belongs to the blues family.

Polyommatus erotides
Polyommatus erotides in Seitz 80 d
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P. erotides
Binomial name
Polyommatus erotides
(Staudinger, 1892) [1]

Taxonomy edit

Formerly a subspecies of Polyommatus eros.

Description from Seitz edit

erotides Stgr. (80 d), from the mountains of Southern Siberia, is a large, blue-green male form, with broad black distal margin to the forewing, into which the deep black veins merge.[2]

Biology edit

The larva feeds on Fabaceae.

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References edit

  1. ^ Staudinger, 1892 Lepidopteren des Kentei-Gebirges Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 300-393
  2. ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.