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Polyommatus hispana

Polyommatus hispana
Polyommatus hispana mascle.jpg
Male at El Mas de Bondia, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Polyommatus hispana female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. hispana
Binomial name
Polyommatus hispana
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852

Polyommatus hispana, the Provence chalk-hill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Spain, southern France and northern Italy.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The butterfly is on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on horseshoe vetch.



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