Polyommatus zarathustra
Polyommatus zarathustra, the Zarathustra blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Eckweiler in 1997. It is endemic of southern slope of the Meghri Mountains in Armenia[2] and nearby Arasbaran Mountains in northern Iran. Armenia is inhabited by subspecies P. z. neglecta (which was initially described as a species, Agrodiaetus neglectus).[3][4] It inhabits forests alternated with dry steppe-like areas at elevations of 1400–1900 m above sea level. The species is included in the Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia as endangered EN B1a+B2a.[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Polyommatus |
| Species: | P. zarathustra |
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| Polyommatus zarathustra (Eckweiler, 1997)[1] | |
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Subspecies
- Polyommatus zarathustra zarathustra (northern Iran)
- Polyommatus zarathustra neglecta Dantchenko, 2000 (Transcaucasia)
References
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- Polyommatus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-zarathustra.html
- Tuzov V.K., P.V. Bogdanov, S.V. Churkin, A.L. Devyatkin, A.V. Danchenko, V.S. Murzin, G.D. Samodurov, A.B. Zhdanko. 2000. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Volume 2: Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, and Lycaenidae. Pensoft Publishers. 581 pp.
- Dantchenko A. 2000. A new taxon of the genus Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 from the Transcaucasus. Neue Entomologische Nachricten, 48: 69-71.
- Danchenko A. Agrodiaetus neglectus. 2010. In: Aghasyan A. and Kalashyan M. (eds). The Red Book of Animals of the Republic of Armenia. Asoghik. Available at http://www.mnp.am/red_book_fauna/eng/a144.html
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