Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) virgilius Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus
Polyommatus (Lysandra) albicans (Gerhard, 1851)
Spanish Chalk-hill Blue
Genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804   Subgenus: Lysandra Hemming, 1933   Original genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807
P. (Lysandra) albicans (© Rafael Estevez Rodríguez)
Adult (male), Sierra de Guadarrama (Segovia), Spain, August 2005
(Photo by Rafael Estevez Rodríguez, fotonatura.org)
P. (Lysandra) albicans (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult (male) ssp. dujardini (Barragué, 1987), Djebel Tisuka, Rif, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
P. (Lysandra) albicans (© Michel Tarrier)
Adults (mating) ssp. dujardini (Barragué, 1987), Djebel Tisuka, Rif, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
Foodplants:
Hippocrepis comosa
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