Polyommatus pierceae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Subgenus: Agrodiaetus
Species: Polyommatus pierceae

Name

Polyommatus pierceae (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002).

Type locality: Turkey, Prov. Van, Güzeldere Geçidi, 2700 m.

Holotype: MCZH. male. 24.VII.2001. leg. A. Dantchenko.

References

• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2002. Descriptions of new taxa of the genus Agrodiaetus Hübner, [1822] based on karyotype investigation (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 33(1/2): 81–107. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2017. A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative cytogenetics 11(4): 769–795. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072 . Reference page.