Polyommatus albicans

Polyommatus albicans
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. albicans
Binomial name
Polyommatus albicans
Gerhard, 1851
Synonyms
  • Lysandra albicans

The Spanish Chalk-hill Blue (Polyommatus albicans) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Spain and Western North Africa.[1]

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.

The larvae feed on Horseshoe Vetch.

References

  1. Mensi, Paola; Lattes, Aldo; Salvidio, Sebastiano; Balletto, Emilio (1988). "Taxonomy, evolutionary biology and biogeography of South West European Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 93 (3): 259–271. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01363.x. ISSN 0024-4082.

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