Polyommatus iphigenia

Polyommatus iphigenia is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found in the Balkans and Asia Minor.

Polyommatus iphigenia
Polyommatus iphigenia in Seitz 81i
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. iphigenia
Binomial name
Polyommatus iphigenia

Subspecies
  • P. i. iphigenia Anatolia
  • P. i. araratensis (de Lesse, 1957) Turkey
  • P. i. nonacriensis (Brown, 1976) Greece
  • P. i. manuelae Eckweiler & Schurian, 2013

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Polyommatus iphigenia H.-Schaff. (81i) is again similar to damon, above more greenish blue, with broad black border, the costal and apical areas of the hindwing also being black.The underside is paler and has smaller ocelli. Asia Minor and Persia.[2]

Biology

The larvae feed on Onobrychis species

Etymology

Named in the classical tradition for Iphigenia.

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References
  1. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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