Polyommatus icadius is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.
Formerly a subspecies of Polyommatus icarus.
In ab. icadius [of icarus] Gr.-Grsh. (80 g) which occurs particularly in Anterior Asia, the borders of the ocelli are almost of the same colour as the ground and therefore scarcely visible, being much too distinct in our figure. The hindwing, moreover, has a slightly different shape in this form, which is perhaps on the way to develop into a local race.[2]
The larva feeds on Cicer songaricum, Cicer flexuosum
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Polyommatus icadius is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.
