| Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini |
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| Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | |
 Meleager's Blue
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Genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 Subgenus: Meleageria De Sagarra, 1925 Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonims (species): meleager Esper, 1779 |
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Adult (female), Borbona (Rieti), Italy, July 5, 2003 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult (male), Borbona (Rieti), Italy, July 5, 2003 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
 daphnis</b></i> ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)<br><br>Adult (female), Kastoria, 1300m, Greece, August 6, 2009<br>(Photo by Bernard Fransen, <a href='http://www.xs4all.nl/~fransenb/EuropeanButterflies/' target='_blank'>Photography of European Butterflies and Moths</a>)?images/Lycaenidae/PoDaA001HR.jpg "P. (Meleageria) daphnis (© Bernard Fransen)") |
Adult (female), Kastoria, 1300m, Greece, August 6, 2009 (Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths) |
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Adult (female), Borbona (Rieti), Italy, July 5, 2003 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adults (mating), Borbona (Rieti), Italy, July 5, 2003 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult (male), Jósvafö (Aggteleki), Hungary, June 20, 2000 (Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths) |
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Adult (female) (Photo by Helmut Presser) |
Foodplants:
Coronilla varia; larvae attended by ants of genera Lasius, Formica, Tapinoma
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