Comparative characteristics of some taxa of Polyommatus eros-group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of P. pacificus Stradomsky et Tuzov, sp. n.

Abstract

Evidence supporting separate species status are presented for Polyommatus eroides (Frivaldszky, 1835) from the Balkan Peninsula and P. boisduvalii (HerrichSchäffer, 1844) from the central part of European Russia. P. pacificus Stradomsky et Tuzov, sp. n. from the Russian Pacific coast, Primorsky Prov., is described

Keywords

• Polyommatus eros-group
• P. pacificus sp.n.