Polyommatus poseidon
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| Male upperside (left) and underside (right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. poseidon
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| Polyommatus poseidon | |
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Polyommatus poseidon is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1852. It is found from Kütahya in western Turkey to Artvin in north-eastern Turkey, as well as in Georgia.[2]
Males have plesiomorphic blue colouration of the upper side of the wings with no specific morphological characters.
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polyommatus poseidon. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Polyommatus poseidon. |
- ^ Polyommatus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Chromosomal and molecular evidence for presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Caucasus region
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1852
- Polyommatus
- Butterflies of Europe
- Butterflies of Asia
- Polyommatini stubs