Biology:Polyommatus atlantica
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. atlantica
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| Polyommatus atlantica (Elwes, 1905)[2]
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Polyommatus atlantica, the Atlas blue,[3] is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henry John Elwes in 1905. It is found in North Africa.[4]
The larvae feed on Anthyllis vulneraria.
It has the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms (2n = circa 448–452.)
Subspecies
- Polyommatus atlantica weissi (Morocco: High Atlas)
- Polyommatus atlantica weissi (Dujardin, 1977) (Morocco: Middle Atlas)
- Polyommatus atlantica barraguei Dujardin, 1977 (Algeria: Djurdjura, Aures Mountains)
References
- ↑ "2 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62148595/62151392". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Polyommatus atlantica (Elwes, 1905)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/polyommatus/#atlantica.
- ↑ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E. et al. (2015). "Polyommatus atlanticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T62148595A62151392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T62148595A62151392.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62148595/62151392. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Plebicula atlantica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=205774. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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