Kretania eurypilus
| Kretania eurypilus | |
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| Plebejus eurypilus in Seitz 78 g, h | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Plebejus |
| Species: | P. eurypilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Plebejus eurypilus | |
Plebejus eurypilus is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Balkans, Caucasus Minor, Iraq, Iran) that belongs to the blues family.
Taxonomy
Plebejus eurypilus is in subgenus Kretania.
Subspecies
- P. e. eurypilus Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, West Iran
- P. e. euaemon (Hemming, 1931) Lebanon
- P. e. pelopides van der Poorten, 1984 South Greece
- P. e. khorasanus ten Hagen, 2013
- P. e. afgnaniensis ten Hagen, 2013
- P. e. kuhpayensis ten Hagen, 2013
Description from Seitz
L. eurypilus Frr. (= carmon Gerh.) (78 g, h). Much smaller than the preceding forms, very similar to argus, but male not blue above but dark brown like the female, bearing often also like this sex red-yellow marginal spots in the anal area of the hindwing . — Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Turkestan and North Persia, on rocky slopes, from May till July. Larva probably on Astragalus echinus, as the butterfly is especially plentiful where this plant grows.[2]
Biology
The larva feeds on Astracantha arnacanthoides, A. rumelica, A. gummifera, A. aurea, A. caucasica and is associated with the ant Camponotus kiesenwetteri.
See also
References
- ^ Freyer, 1852 Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. (81-100) Neuere Beitr. Schmett.
- ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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