Polyommatus violetae

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Polyommatus violetae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Subgenus:	Agrodiaetus
Species:	P. violetae
Binomial name
Polyommatus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)

Polyommatus (

Two subspecies:

• Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)

Type locality: Sierra de Almijara, south-eastern Málaga province, southern Andalusia region, southern Spain

The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea argentea

• Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) violetae subbaeticus Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005)

Type locality: Sierra de la Sagra, northern Granada province, north-eastern Andalusia region, south-eastern Spain.

The larvae feed on Onobrychis argentea hispanica

Note: the taxon subbaeticus was described as a subspecies of Agrodiaetus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910), but molecular studies have demonstrate that belongs to the species violetae.

Synonyms

• Agrodiaetus violetae violetae = Agrodiaetus fabressei violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979
• Agrodiaetus violetae subbaeticus = Agrodiaetus fabressei subbaeticus Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2005

Combination

• Valid combination: Agrodiaetus violetae Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979

References