Polyommatus poseidon
Polyommatus poseidon is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1852. It is found from Kütahya in western Turkey to Artvin in north-eastern Turkey, as well as in Georgia.[2]
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| Male upperside (left) and underside (right) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. poseidon |
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| Polyommatus poseidon | |
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Males have plesiomorphic blue colouration of the upper side of the wings with no specific morphological characters.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Polyommatus poseidon |
- Polyommatus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region
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