Polyommatus fulgens

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

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fulgens is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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[]

  • Polyommatus fulgens v. fulgens (north-east Iberian Peninsula, Spain)
  • Polyommatus fulgens v. ainsae Forster, 1961 (north Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

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.

Synonyms[]

  • Agrodiaetus dolus fulgens de Sagarra, 1925
  • Agrodiaetus ainsae Forster, 1961
  • Polyommatus fulgens f. pseudovirgilius (Lesse, 1962)
  • Agrodiaetus ainsae leonensis Verhulst, 2004

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