Polyommatus achaemenes

Polyommatus achaemenes is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Skala in 2002. It is only known from very high altitudes (ranging from 3,800 to 4,000 meters) in the Iranian Zagros Mountains (Kuh-e-Haft, Bakhtiari).[2]

Polyommatus achaemenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. achaemenes
Binomial name
Polyommatus achaemenes
(Skala, 2002)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrodiaetus achaemenes Skala, 2002

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