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Polyommatus poseidon

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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

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]

Males have plesiomorphic blue colouration of the upper side of the wings with no specific morphological characters.

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