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Lysandra corydonius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lysandra
Species:	L. corydonius
Binomial name
Lysandra corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, )
Synonyms
Lycaena corydonius Herrich-Schäffer, Polyommatus corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, ) Lysandra caeruleossmar Verity, 1939 Lysandra sokolowskii Wojtusiak & Niesiolowski, 1947 Lycaena corydon ciscaucasica Jachontov, 1914

Lysandra corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in south-eastern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran. L.corydonius is very similar to Lysandra coridon but a slight violet sheen is present, especially in the outer area of the wings. It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level. The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa, in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia. The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased.

Subspecies

• Lysandra corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran)
• Lysandra corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)

References

1. ^ "Lysandra Hemming, 1933" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Tshikolovets, V.V. - Butterflies of Eastern Europe, Urals and Caucasus. in Kyiv, Brno, 176 pp. 2003
3. 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)
4. ^ Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html
5. "Polyommatus (Lysandra) corydonius - Голубянка коридоний".

• Lysandra (butterfly)
• Butterflies of Asia
• Butterflies of Europe
• Butterflies described in 1852