Polyommatus
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀμματόω (ommatóō, “furnish with eyes”)
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Proper noun
editPolyommatus m or f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae.
Hypernyms
edit- (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
edit- (genus): Polyommatus icarus (common blue) - type species; for other species see Polyommatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
References
edit- Polyommatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Polyommatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Polyommatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Polyommatus at AnimalBase
- Polyommatus at National Center for Biotechnology Information