Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Polyommatinae Scientific name Scolitantides Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Family Lycaenidae Tribe Polyommatini Higher classification Lycaenidae | |
Similar Scolitantides orion, Butterflies and moths, Lycaenidae, Butterfly, Pseudophilotes vicrama | ||
The chequered blue scolitantides orion
Scolitantides is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.The genus is monotypic containing the single species Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
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Myrmecophily lasius niger attracted by caterpillars of scolitantides orion
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