Polyommatus achaemenes

Polyommatus achaemenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. achaemenes
Binomial name
Polyommatus achaemenes
(Skala, 2002)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrodiaetus achaemenes Skala, 2002

Polyommatus achaemenes is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Skala in 2002. It is only known from very high altitudes (ranging from 3,800 to 4,000 meters) in the Iranian Zagros range (Kuh-e-Haft, Bakhtiari).[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Polyommatus at funet.fi
  2. ↑ Chromosome differentiation and the radiation of the butterfly subgenus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatus) – a molecular phylogenetic approach


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