Polyommatus australorossicus

Polyommatus australorossicus, the South-Russian blue, is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Vladimir A. Lukhtanov and Alexander V. Dantchenko in 2017 and is found in southern Russia in the Caucasus Mountains.[1][2]

Polyommatus australorossicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. australorossicus
Binomial name
Polyommatus australorossicus
Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2017

References

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  1. ^ "New butterfly species discovered in Russia with an unusual set of 46 chromosomes". Phys.org. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ Lukhtanov, V. A.; Dantchenko, A. V. (2017). "Polommatus (Agrodiaetus) australorossicus • A New Butterfly Species from south Russia revealed through Chromosomal and Molecular Analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Novataxa. 11 (4): 769–795. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072. PMC 5740405. PMID 29302297. S2CID 28429387. Retrieved 30 November 2017.