Polyommatus erotides explained

Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Saur, Altai, Siberia, Transbaikalia, Mongolia) that belongs to the blues family.

Taxonomy

Formerly a subspecies of Polyommatus eros.

Description from Seitz

erotides Stgr. (80 d), from the mountains of Southern Siberia, is a large, blue-green male form, with broad black distal margin to the forewing, into which the deep black veins merge.^[1]

Biology

The larva feeds on Fabaceae.

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

Notes and References

1. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)