Polyommatus iphigenia

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Lycaenidae
Polyommatus iphigenia
Polyommatus iphigenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. iphigenia
Binomial name
Polyommatus iphigenia

Polyommatus iphigenia is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1847. It is found in the Balkans and Asia Minor.

  • P. i. iphigenia Anatolia
  • P. i. araratensis (de Lesse, 1957) Turkey
  • P. i. nonacriensis (Brown, 1976) Greece
  • P. i. manuelae Eckweiler & Schurian, 2013

Description from Seitz

Polyommatus iphigenia H.-Schaff. (81i) is again similar to damon, above more greenish blue, with broad black border, the costal and apical areas of the hindwing also being black. The underside is paler and has smaller ocelli. Asia Minor and Persia.[2]

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