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False Eros blue - Polyommatus eroides Polyommatus eros subsp. eroides<br /> <br /> I am very happy with this butterfly, one of our best blues, described as a new species for science from Bulgaria. Alas, now in Europe there is an opinion that this is only a subspecies of the alpine P. eros. This opinion, according to Zdravko Kolev, a leading researcher of butterflies in Bulgaria, MSc in ecological zoology and environmental sciences (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2008), is not very well-argued, so I leave the identification under that name. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,False Eros blue,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Lepidoptera,Lycaenidae,Papilionoidea,Polyommatus eroides,Polyommatus erotides,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

False Eros blue - Polyommatus eroides

Polyommatus eros subsp. eroides

I am very happy with this butterfly, one of our best blues, described as a new species for science from Bulgaria. Alas, now in Europe there is an opinion that this is only a subspecies of the alpine P. eros. This opinion, according to Zdravko Kolev, a leading researcher of butterflies in Bulgaria, MSc in ecological zoology and environmental sciences (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2008), is not very well-argued, so I leave the identification under that name.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Congrats on this find, it really is gorgeous. And perfectly fine to leave the claimed name. Posted 5 years ago

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The Polyommatus erotides

Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.
This taxon has been reclassified as a subspecies of the eros blue P. eros. It is found from the central Balkans and rarely in Slovakia and Poland. It is a local butterfly of higher elevations.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Aug 4, 2020. Captured Aug 2, 2020 13:16 in Unnamed Road, 1415, Bulgaria.
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  • E-M1MarkIII
  • f/5.0
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO320
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.