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Polyommatus (Polyommatus) menelaos Brown, 1976
Taygetos Blue

Genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804   Subgenus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804   Original genus: Polyommatus Hübner, [1822]

P. (Polyommatus) menelaos (© Matt Rowlings)
Adult (male), Mt. Taygetos, S Greece, June 2002
(Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies)
P. (Polyommatus) menelaos (© Matt Rowlings)
Adult, Mt. Taygetos, S Greece, June 2002
(Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies)
P. (Polyommatus) menelaos (© Matt Rowlings)
Adult, Mt. Taygetos, S Greece, June 2002
(Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies)
P. (Polyommatus) menelaos (© Matt Rowlings)
Adult, Mt. Taygetos, S Greece, June 2002. Lacking underside forewing cell spot.
(Photo by Matt Rowlings, Matt's European Butterflies)
P. (Polyommatus) menelaos (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female), Taygetos Mnt., Lakonia, Greece, July 18, 2005
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)

Distribution:
Taygetos Mts., Greece

Foodplants:
Astragalus taygeteus

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Matt Rowlings - Matt's European Butterflies - Polyommatus menelaos page

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