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Polyommatus fulgens

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Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) fulgens is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the north and north-east of Spain.

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The wingspan is about 29 mm. 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
  • References

    Polyommatus fulgens Wikipedia


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