Polyommatus australorossicus
Polyommatus australorossicus, the South-Russian blue, is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Vladimir A. Lukhtanov and Alexander V. Dantchenko in 2017 and is found in southern Russia in the Caucasus Mountains.[1][2]
| Polyommatus australorossicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. australorossicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyommatus australorossicus Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2017 | |
References
- "New butterfly species discovered in Russia with an unusual set of 46 chromosomes". Phys.org. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- "Polommatus (Agrodiaetus) australorossicus • A New Butterfly Species from south Russia revealed through Chromosomal and Molecular Analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Novataxa. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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