Polyommatus amor

Polyommatus amor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. amor
Binomial name
Polyommatus amor
(Lang, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena eros var. amor Lang, 1884
  • Lycaena eros var. amor Staudinger, 1886

Polyommatus amor is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Lang in 1884. It is found in Ghissar, Darvaz and the western Pamir Mountains.

The larvae feed on Astragalus species.

References

  1. Polyommatus at funet.fi


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