Lycaena Poseidon [1] ( lat. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon ) is a species of butterfly from the Lycaena family.
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 Male. Upper side and underside of the wings | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon ( Herrich-SchΓ€ffer , 1851) |
Content
- 1 Etymology of the name
- 2 Area and habitats
- 3 Biology
- 4 Security Notices
- 5 Literature
- 6 notes
Name Etymology
Poseidon ( Greek mythology ) - the god of the seas, brother of Zeus , Hades , Hera , Demeter and Hestia [1] [2] .
Habitat and habitat
Asia Minor , Turkey , Iran , Georgia [3] .
Biology
It develops over the course of a year in one generation. Flight time in July-early August. Females lay eggs individually. Feed plant of Astragalus caterpillars [3] .
Security Notes
The species is included in the Red Book of European Day Butterflies with the SPEC3 category - a species that lives both in Europe and beyond, but is in danger of extinction in Europe.
Literature
- Lvovsky A. L. , Morgun D. V. Qualifiers for the flora and fauna of Russia. Issue 8 // Lepidoptera Lepidoptera of Eastern Europe. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2007. - 443 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4 .
Notes
- β 1 2 Lvovsky A.L. , Morgun D.V. Qualifiers for the flora and fauna of Russia. Issue 8 // Lepidoptera Lepidoptera of Eastern Europe. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2007. - 443 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4 .
- β Lukhtanov, Vladimir A .; Tikhonov, Valentin V. Chromosomal and molecular evidence for the presence of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) poseidon (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the Caucasus region COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 9 (2): 249β255
- β 1 2 Ivy I.G., Morgun D.V., Dovgaylo K.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A. Day butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera) of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database and software package βLysandraβ. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, 2005.