Polyommatus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀμματόω (ommatóō, “furnish with eyes”)
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Proper noun
Polyommatus m or f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Lycaenidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Polyommatus icarus (common blue) - type species; for other species see
Polyommatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
References
Polyommatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Polyommatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polyommatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Polyommatus at AnimalBase
- Polyommatus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
