Polyommatus admetus

Polyommatus admetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. admetus
Binomial name
Polyommatus admetus
(Esper, 1785)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio admetus Esper, 1783
  • Agrodiaetus admetus
  • Agrodiaetus admetus anatoliensis Forster, 1960

Polyommatus admetus, the anomalous blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1785. It is found in south-eastern Europe and Turkey.

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Onobrychis species [3] (including O. viciifolia) and Lathyrus species.

Subspecies

References

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