Biology:Polyommatus hunza

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Polyommatus hunza
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Seitz plate 80e
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. hunza
Binomial name
Polyommatus hunza
(Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)[1]

Polyommatus hunza is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found in the Pamir mountains.Seitz under Polyommatus stoliczkanus- hunza Gr.-Grsh. (80) are very large specimens with almost entirely white underside, the ocelli and russet-coloured marginal spots being reduced to weak vestiges; from the Pamir. [2]

References

  1. Grum-Grshimailo, G.E. 1890. Le Pamir et sa faune lédopterologique, in Romanoff, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. 4: vii+577 pp, 22 pls.
  2. Seitz. A. in 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q21302155 entry