Polyommatus dagmara

Polyommatus dagmara is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1888 It is found in Ghissar, Darvaz and Alai (Gissaro–Alai open woodlands).

Polyommatus dagmara
Seitz plate 80f
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. dagmara
Binomial name
Polyommatus dagmara

L. dagmara Gr.-Grsh. (80 f). The male strongly recalls Polyommatus magnifica, but is considerably smaller; the blue colour is restricted to the basal half of both wings, and is not extended along the costa to the apex as in ‘’superba’’. The female is paler, only the hindwing shows distinct russet-yellow marginal lunules, of which there are also traces in the male. ‘The ocelli of the underside are much less enlarged and prominent in both sexes, those of the hindwing being especially very much smaller and delicate. — In Turkestan, Bokhara, in June, at 5—10 000 ft. Asia. . [2]

References
  1. Grum-Grshimailo, G.E. 1885. Le Pamir et sa faune lédopterologique, in Romanoff, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. 4: vii+577 pp, 22 pls.
  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)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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