Polyommatus aedon

Polyommatus aedon is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is found in central Anatolia, Kurdistan province of Iran, the Caucasus and Elburz Mountains.

Polyommatus aedon
Male in Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. aedon
Binomial name
Polyommatus aedon
(Christoph, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrodiaetus aedon Christoph, 1887

References

  1. "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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