Polyommatus hispana | |
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Male at El Mas de Bondia, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain | |
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.