Tomares romanovi

Romanoff's hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tomares
Species:	T. romanovi
Binomial name
	Tomares romanovi; (Christoph, 1882)
Synonyms
	Thestor romanovi Christoph, 1882; Thestor romanovi var. maculifera Staudinger, [1892];

Tomares romanovi, Romanoff's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Eastern Turkey, Northern Iran, and Kopet Dagh mountains.

The wingspan is 28–30 mm. The species inhabits calcareous grasslands and arid mountain steppes, usually dominated by tragacanth locoweeds. It occupies elevation range from 1200 to 1600 m a.s.l.^[1] The butterfly flies from late April to mid June depending on latitude and elevation.

The larvae feed on Astragalus scharuhdensis and Astragalus finitimus.

Subspecies

Tomares romanovi romanovi (Armenia, Nakhichevan)
Tomares romanovi cachetinus Nekrutenko, 1978 (Georgia)
Tomares romanovi cyprius Stichel, 1911 (Talysh, Kopet-Dagh)
Tomares romanovi maculifera (Staudinger, [1892])

References

^ Butterfly Conservation Armenia: Tomares romanovi.

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[1] Butterfly Conservation Armenia: Tomares romanovi.

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