Pseudophilotes panoptes
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pseudophilotes |
Species: | P. panoptes
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Binomial name | |
Pseudophilotes panoptes (Hübner, 1813)
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Pseudophilotes panoptes, the Panoptes blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, including Morocco.
It is very like Pseudophilotes baton but without the reddish yellow anal spots.[1] The wingspan is 18–22 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from March to August.
The larvae feed on Thymus species.
References[]
- ^ Seitz, A. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Categories:
- Polyommatini
- Butterflies described in 1813
- Butterflies of Africa
- Butterflies of Europe
- Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
- Polyommatini stubs