Polyommatus amor

Polyommatus amor
	Seitz plate 80e
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. amor
Binomial name
	Polyommatus amor; (Lang, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
	Lycaena eros var. amor Lang, 1884; Lycaena eros var. amor Staudinger, 1886;

Polyommatus amor is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lang in 1884. It is found in Ghissar, Darvaz and the western Pamir Mountains.

In amor Stgr. (80 e), from Ferghana and the Tian-shan, the blue of the upperside of the male has a violet sheen, nearly as in icarus, and the black margin is narrower. [2]

The larvae feed on Astragalus species.

References

"Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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

[2] Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.