Biology:Glaucopsyche paphos
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Paphos blue | |
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| Imagos of G. paphos at Paphos, Cyprus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Glaucopsyche |
| Species: | G. paphos
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| Binomial name | |
| Glaucopsyche paphos Chapman, 1920[1]
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Glaucopsyche paphos is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the blues family. It is endemic to Cyprus[2] It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Glaucopsyche melanops.
See also
- List of butterflies of Europe
References
Wikidata ☰ Q13485299 entry
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