Polyommatus myrrha

Polyommatus myrrha is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described as Lycaena myrrha by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851 in the six volume Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa (Systematic research on the butterflies of Europe).[1][2] This rare species has been found in Anatolia area of Turkey.[3] and in the Zangezur Mountains (including both Armenian and Nakhichivan sides),[4] which is inhabited by subspecies P. m. cinyraea Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1979.

Polyommatus myrrha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. myrrha
Binomial name
Polyommatus myrrha (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Synonyms
Lycaena myrrha Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 Cupido myrrha

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polyommatus myrrha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
2. Herrich-Schäffer, Dr. G. A.; Hübner, Jacob (1843–1856). Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa [Systematic research on the butterflies of Europe] (in German).
3. Naturhistorisches Museum (Austria) (1905). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien [Museum of Natural History of Vienna annual] (in German). 20. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum. "Zwei cT dieser seltenen Art aus dem Erdschias-Gebiet (i3./VII. Al-Dagh) in ca. 2150 m Höhe erbeutet." Translation: Two of these rare species from Anatolia, Turkey (i3./VII. Al-Dagh) in about 2150 m height captured.
4. Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-myrrha.html