Biology:Polyommatus myrrha

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Polyommatus myrrha
Polyommatus myrrha - Çokgözlü Büyük Turanmavisi 02.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. myrrha
Binomial name
Polyommatus myrrha
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena myrrha Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
  • Cupido myrrha

Polyommatus myrrha is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described as Lycaena myrrha by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851 in the six volume Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa (Systematic research on the butterflies of Europe).[1][2] This rare species has been found in Anatolia area of Turkey.[3] and in the Zangezur Mountains (including both Armenian and Nakhichivan sides),[4] which is inhabited by subspecies P. m. cinyraea Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1979.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Polyommatus myrrha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=202492.  Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. Herrich-Schäffer, Dr. G. A.; Hübner, Jacob (1843–1856) (in de). Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Systematische%20Bearbeitung%20der%20Schmetterlinge%20von%20Europa. 
  3. Naturhistorisches Museum (Austria) (1905) (in de). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 20. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum. https://archive.org/details/annalendesnaturh20natu. ""Zwei cT dieser seltenen Art aus dem Erdschias-Gebiet (i3./VII. Al-Dagh) in ca. 2150 m Höhe erbeutet." Translation: Two of these rare species from Anatolia, Turkey (i3./VII. Al-Dagh) in about 2150 m height captured." 
  4. Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-myrrha.html

Wikidata ☰ Q21302119 entry