Polyommatus achaemenes explained
Polyommatus achaemenes is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Skala in 2002. It is only known from very high altitudes (ranging from 3,800 to 4,000 meters) in the Iranian Zagros Mountains (Kuh-e-Haft, Bakhtiari).[1]
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210518162358/http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2003/0278/0278-1.pdf Chromosome differentiation and the radiation of the butterfly subgenus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatus) – a molecular phylogenetic approach