Polyommatus amor

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

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

The larvae feed on Astragalus species.

References

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


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