Lysandra corydonius

Lysandra corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in south-eastern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran.[1] [2] L.corydonius is very similar to Lysandra coridon but a slight violet sheen is present, especiallv in the outer area of the wings. [3].It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level.[4] The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa,[1] in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia.[5] The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased.[4]

Lysandra corydonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Lysandra
Species:
L. corydonius
Binomial name
Lysandra corydonius
Synonyms
  • Lycaena corydonius Herrich-Schäffer, [1852]
  • Polyommatus corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
  • Lysandra caeruleossmar Verity, 1939
  • Lysandra sokolowskii Wojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1947
  • Lycaena corydon ciscaucasica Jachontov, 1914

Subspecies
  • Lysandra corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran)
  • Lysandra corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)

References
  1. "Lysandra Hemming, 1933" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Tshikolovets, V.V. - Butterflies of Eastern Europe, Urals and Caucasus. in Kyiv, Brno, 176 pp. 2003
  3. Seitz, A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
  4. Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
  5. http://www.babochki-kavkaza.ru/index.php/lycaenidae-/163-polyommatus-lysandra-corydonius.html
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