Polyommatus artvinensis

Species of butterfly

Polyommatus artvinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. artvinensis
Binomial name
*Polyommatus artvinensis* (Carbonell, 1997)^[1]
Synonyms
Agrodiaetus actis artvinensis Carbonell, 1997

Polyommatus artvinensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frédéric Carbonell in 1997. It is found in Turkey, where it is only known from the north-eastern Pontic chain, in the provinces of Erzurum and Artvin.

The length of the forewings is 13.5–16 mm.^[2]

References

^ "Polyommatus Latreille, 1804" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) artvinensis stat. nov. and P. (A.) sigberti sp. nov., two vicariant species known so far only from Turkey (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)^{[permanent dead link]}