Lysandra corydonius
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| Polyommatus corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])[1]
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Polyommatus corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran.[2] It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level.[3] The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa,[4] in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia.[5] The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased.[6]
Subspecies
- ''Polyommatus corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran)
- ''Polyommatus corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)
References
- ^ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
- ^ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ http://www.babochki-kavkaza.ru/index.php/lycaenidae-/163-polyommatus-lysandra-corydonius.html
- ^ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html