Polyommatus daphnis
Polyommatus daphnis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Polyommatus |
Species: | P. daphnis |
Binomial name | |
Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1][2] | |
Synonyms | |
Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Eastern and Southern Europe and Western Asia, from Southern Poland ranging to the Balkans and Turkey.
Polyommatus daphnis – male

Mounted female
The length of the forewings is 18–19 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August.
The larvae feed on horseshoe vetch, sainfoin and Securigera varia.
Sources
- 1 2 3 "Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis". Fauna Europaea.
- 1 2 3 4 "Polyommatus daphnis". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. Taxonomie
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