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Polyommatus loewii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Polyommatus loewii

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Polyommatus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Cigaritis acamas, Turanana endymion, Chilades galba, Pseudochazara pelopea, Anthene amarah

Polyommatus loewii, the large jewel blue, is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in South East Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon. The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.

Subspecies

  • P. l. loewii (Armenia: highland)
  • P. l. afghana (Howarth & Povolny, 1976) (Afghanistan)
  • P. l. antilibanotica (Hemming, 1929)
  • P. l. dzhemagati (Sheljuzhko, 1934) (Caucasus Major)
  • P. l. hissarica (Shchetkin, 1963) (Ghissar)
  • P. l. laura (Evans, 1932)
  • P. l. schwingenschussi (Pfeiffer, 1937) (Talysh Mountains)
  • P. l. uranicola (Walker, 1870) (Jordan, Egypt, the Sinai, the Negev, central Saudi Arabia, Oman)
  • Status

    William Harry Evans reported that the species was not rare.

    References

    Polyommatus loewii Wikipedia