Biology:Polyommatus corydonius

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Polyommatus corydonius
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P. corydonius
Binomial name
Polyommatus corydonius
(Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena corydonius Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]
  • Lysandra caeruleossmar Verity, 1939
  • Lysandra sokolowskii Wojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1947
  • Lycaena corydon ciscaucasica Jachontov, 1914

Polyommatus corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran.[2] It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level.[3] The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa,[4] in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia.[5] The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased.[6]

Subspecies

  • ''Polyommatus corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran)
  • ''Polyommatus corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)

References

  1. "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
  4. "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  5. http://www.babochki-kavkaza.ru/index.php/lycaenidae-/163-polyommatus-lysandra-corydonius.html
  6. Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html

Wikidata ☰ Q14151187 entry