Ripart's Anomalous Blue
| Ripart's Anomalous Blue | |
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| = Polyommatus ripartii figure from Seitz | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. ripartii |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) | |
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Ripart's Anomalous Blue (Polyommatus ripartii) is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.
It is found in Southern Europe, Greece and the Balkans, Asia Minor and the Crimea, South-West Siberia, the Altai Mountains and Kazakhstan.
References
- Vila R., Lukhtanov V.A., Talavera G., Gil-T F., Pierce N.E., 2010 "How common are dot-like distributions? Taxonomical oversplitting in western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers.Biol. J. Linn. Soc. Lond 101:130-154 (2010) Agrodiaetus galloi, Agrodiaetus exuberans, and Agrodiaetus agenjoi are shown to be local populations of Agrodiaetus ripartii and not endemic species with highly restricted distribution ranges.
External links
- Euro Butterflies images
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