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Polyommatus dama

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Lycaenidae
Polyommatus dama
Endangered
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)(Global)
Critically endangered
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (Mediterranean)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. dama
Binomial name
Polyommatus dama
(Staudinger, 1892)

Polyommatus dama is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Turkey. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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