| Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini |
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| Polyommatus (Polyommatus) eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808) | |
 Eros Blue
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Genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 Subgenus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
 eros</b></i> (Ochsenheimer, 1808)<br><br>Adult (male), Kastoria, 1730m, Greece, June 28, 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/PoErA002HR.jpg "P. (Polyommatus) eros (© Bernard Fransen)") |
Adult (male), Kastoria, 1730m, Greece, June 28, 2009 (Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths) |
 eros</b></i> (Ochsenheimer, 1808)<br><br>Adult (male), Kastoria, 1730m, Greece, June 28, 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/PoErA001HR.jpg "P. (Polyommatus) eros (© Bernard Fransen)") |
Adult (male), Kastoria, 1730m, Greece, June 28, 2009 (Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths) |
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Adult (male), Valais, Switzerland, July 2003 (Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies) |
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Adults, Valais, Switzerland, July 2003 (Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies) |
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Adult (male), Valais, Switzerland, July 2003. Black streaks on the underside forewing are a fairly typical aberration across many of the blues. (Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies) |
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Adults, Valloire (73), Galibier, Plan Lachat, le camp des Rochilles, France, July 22, 2004 (Photo by Daniel Morel) |
Distribution:
Pyrenees, Massif Central, European Alps, Appennines, Balkans, Turkey, NW and C Asia
Foodplants:
Oxytropis halleri, Oxytropis campestris
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