Polyommatus violetae

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae, the Andalusian anomalous blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the south (subspecies violetae) and south-east (subspecies subbaeticus) of Spain. Adults are on wing from July to August.

Polyommatus violetae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Polyommatus
Subgenus:
Agrodiaetus
Species:
P. violetae
Binomial name
Polyommatus violetae
(Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)

Subspecies

Two subspecies:

  • Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)
Type locality: Sierra de Almijara, south-eastern Málaga province, southern Andalusia region, southern Spain
The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea argentea
  • Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae subbaeticus Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005)
Type locality: Sierra de la Sagra, northern Granada province, north-eastern Andalusia region, south-eastern Spain.
The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea hispanica
Note: the taxon subbaeticus was described as a subspecies of Agrodiaetus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910), but molecular studies have demonstrate that belongs to the species violetae.

Synonyms
  • Agrodiaetus violetae violetae = Agrodiaetus fabressei violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979
  • Agrodiaetus violetae subbaeticus = Agrodiaetus fabressei subbaeticus Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005

Combination
  • Valid combination: Agrodiaetus violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979

References
  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Polyommatus violetae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T173202A64551919. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173202A64551919.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Gil-T., F. (2008): Description of the pre-imaginal stages of Agrodiaetus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979) and notes about compared ecology and morphology (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 343-346, 422-423. Full article: .
  • Gil-T., F. & T. Gil-Uceda (2005): Agrodiaetus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979): Morfología comparada y descripción de Agrodiaetus fabressei subbaeticus ssp. nov. del sureste de la Península Ibérica (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36: 357-364. Full article: .
  • Ibáñez, S. & F. Gil-T. (2012): Contribution to the knowledge of Agrodiaetus violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979 sensu lato, an endemic Iberian species; new localities and first records for Sierra Nevada and Almeria province (S. Spain) (Lepidoptera,: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 43 (1/2): 91-94. Full article: .
  • Vila, R., V. Lukhtanov, G. Talavera, F. Gil-T. & N. Pierce (2010): How common are dot-like distributions? Taxonomical oversplitting in western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 101(1): 130–154. Full article: .
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