Comparative analysis of genitals of Polyommatus boisduvalii (HerrichSchäffer, 1844), P. erotides erotides (Staudinger, 1892) and P. erotides krulikowskyi (Gorbunov, 2001) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

Abstract

The authors examined male genitalia of several butterflies of Polyommatus eros-group and exhibited steady differences in genital structures between P. erotides krulikowskyi and P. boisduvalii, as well as between P. erotides krulikowskyi and P. erotides erotides.

Keywords

• Polyommatus boisduvalii
• P. erotides erotides
• P. erotides krulikowskyi
• genitalia