Pseudophilotes abencerragus

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Pseudophilotes abencerragus

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pseudophilotes
Species:	P. abencerragus
Binomial name
*Pseudophilotes abencerragus* (Pierret, 1837)^[1]
Synonyms
Argus abencerragus Pierret, 1837 Lycaena baton abencerragus f. famelica Seitz, 1907 Turania baton nabataeus Graves, 1925

Pseudophilotes abencerragus, the false baton blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.^[2]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. It is very like Pseudophilotes baton but the reddish yellow submarginal band is absent from the hindwing beneath, the underside of the hindwing purer in tint, more pale dust-grey, with the ocelli distinct but very thin; the upperside very uniform in colour. ^[3] Adults are on wing from April to May.^[4]

The larvae feed on Cleonia lusitanica, Thymus vulgaris, Medicago cf. turbinata, Medicago hispidus, Thymus cf. hirtus, Salvia taraxacifolia and Thymus fontanesii.The habitat is dry scrub.

Subspecies

Pseudophilotes abencerragus abencerragus
Pseudophilotes abencerragus felix Manil, 2006 (Morocco)
Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925) (Saudi Arabia, northern Sinai, the Negev, Jordan)

References

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^ Pseudophilotes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
^ Seitz, A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Captain's European Butterfly Guide

Taxon identifiers
Pseudophilotes abencerragus	Wikidata: Q2875258 Wikispecies: Pseudophilotes abencerragus BioLib: 51438 BOLD: 83372 CoL: 4P794 EoL: 264661 EUNIS: 90588 Fauna Europaea: 441101 Fauna Europaea (new): 5cc7bce6-9e94-4b8d-b98c-22ef9e7347ce GBIF: 1922572 iNaturalist: 467564 IRMNG: 10617250 LepIndex: 206299 MaBENA: PseudAbenc NCBI: 282380 Observation.org: 79779 Open Tree of Life: 527570

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