Polyommatus violetae
| Polyommatus violetae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Subgenus: | Agrodiaetus |
| Species: | violetae |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito y Martínez, 1979) | |
The Andalusian Anomalous Blue or Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the south (ssp. violetae) and south-east (ssp. subbaeticus) of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain). Adults are on wing from July to August.
Subspecies
Two sspp:
- Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979).
- Type locality: Sierra de la Almijara, SE. Málaga province, S. Andalusia Region, S. Spain.
- The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea argentea.
- Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae subbaeticus (Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005).
- Type locality: Sierra de la Sagra, N. Granada province, NE. Andalusia Region, SE. Spain.
- The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea hispanica.
- Note: the taxon subbaeticus was described as a subspecies of Agrodiaetus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910), but molecular studies have demonstrate that belongs to the species violetae.
Synonyms
- Agrodiaetus violetae violetae = Agrodiaetus fabressei violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito y Martínez, 1979
- Agrodiaetus violetae subbaeticus = Agrodiaetus fabressei subbaeticus Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005
Combination
- Valid combination: Agrodiaetus violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979
References
- Gil-T., F. (2008): Description of the pre-imaginal stages of Agrodiaetus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979) and notes about compared ecology and morphology (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 343-346, 422-423. Full article: .
- Gil-T., F. & T. Gil-Uceda (2005): Agrodiaetus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979): Morfología comparada y descripción de Agrodiaetus fabressei subbaeticus ssp. nov. del sureste de la Península Ibérica (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bol. Soc. Entom. Aragonesa 36: 357-364. Full article: .
- Ibáñez, S. & F. Gil-T. (2012): Contribution to the knowledge of Agrodiaetus violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979 sensu lato, an endemic Iberian species; new localities and first records for Sierra Nevada and Almeria province (S. Spain) (Lepidoptera,: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 43 (1/2): 91-94. Full article: .
- Vila, R., V. Lukhtanov, G. Talavera, F. Gil-T. & N. Pierce (2010): How common are dot-like distributions? Taxonomical oversplitting in western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers. Biological Journal Linnean Society Vol. 101(1): 130–154. Full article: .
External links
- Photos of imagos of Agrodiaetus violetae: sspp. violetae & subbaeticus.
- Photos of larvae of Agrodiaetus violetae subbaeticus.
- Photos of larvae of Agrodiaetus violetae violetae.
- Photos of Butterflies of Spain.
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