Polyommatus arasbarani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. arasbarani
Binomial name
Polyommatus arasbarani
(Carbonell & Naderi, 2000)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrodiaetus arasbarani Carbonell & Naderi, 2000

Polyommatus arasbarani, the Arasbaran anomalous blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carbonell & Naderi in 2000. It is endemic of southern slope of the Meghri Mountains in Armenia[2] and nearby Arasbaran Mountains in northern Iran. Armenia is inhabited by subspecies P. a. neglecta (which was initially described as a species, Agrodiaetus neglectus).[3][4] It inhabits forests alternated with dry steppe-like areas at elevations of 1700–2000 m above sea level. The species is included in the Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia as endangered EN B1a+B2a, although in the book it is still called with the invalid name - Agrodiaetus neglectus.[5]

Subspecies

  • Polyommatus arasbarani arasbarani (northern Iran)
  • Polyommatus arasbarani neglecta Dantchenko, 2000 (Transcaucasia)

References

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  1. ↑ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-zarathustra.html
  3. ↑ Tuzov V.K., P.V. Bogdanov, S.V. Churkin, A.L. Devyatkin, A.V. Danchenko, V.S. Murzin, G.D. Samodurov, A.B. Zhdanko. 2000. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Volume 2: Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, and Lycaenidae. Pensoft Publishers. 581 pp.
  4. ↑ Dantchenko A. 2000. A new taxon of the genus Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 from the Transcaucasus. Neue Entomologische Nachricten, 48: 69-71.
  5. ↑ Danchenko A. Agrodiaetus neglectus. 2010. In: Aghasyan A. and Kalashyan M. (eds). The Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia. Asoghik. Available at http://www.mnp.am/red_book_fauna/eng/a144.html
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