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]

Polyommatus poseidon
Male upperside (left) and underside (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. poseidon
Binomial name
Polyommatus poseidon
(Lederer, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena poseidon Lederer, 1852
  • Agrodiaetus poseidon
  • Lycaena poseidon var. mesopotamica Staudinger, 1892

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.
  1. Polyommatus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region


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