Polyommatus alcestis

Polyommatus alcestis is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Zerny in 1932. It is found in Turkey, Iran and the Levant.

Polyommatus alcestis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. alcestis
Binomial name
Polyommatus alcestis
(Zerny, 1932)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena ripperti alcestis Zerny, 1932
  • Agrodiaetus alcestis karacetinae Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002

Subspecies
  • Polyommatus alcestis alcestis (Asia Minor, Levant)
  • Polyommatus alcestis karacetinae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) (south-eastern Turkey: Hakkari, western Iran)

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


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