Polyommatus aedon is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Polyommatus aedon

Polyommatus aedon

Polyommatus aedon is a Lycaenidae butterfly described in 1887, found across parts of Western and Central Asia.

Family
Genus
Polyommatus
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Polyommatus aedon

Polyommatus aedon is a butterfly species that belongs to the Lycaenidae family. This species was first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. Its known distribution includes central Anatolia, the Kurdistan province of Iran, the Caucasus, and the Elburz Mountains.

Photo: (c) Chris van Swaay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris van Swaay · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Polyommatus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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