Polyommatus fulgens

Polyommatus fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Subgenus: Agrodiaetus
Species: P. fulgens
Binomial name
Polyommatus fulgens
(de Sagarra, 1925)

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fulgens is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the north and north-east of Spain.[1]

The wingspan is about 29 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Onobrychis viciifolia and other Onobrychis species.

Varieties or forms

Both taxa without geographical separation, continuous distribution.

The taxon P. f. ainsae was treated as a full species by some authors, but molecular studies have concluded that it is the same species as the taxon P. f. fulgens.

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