Polyommatus sagratrox
Polyommatus sagratrox, the Sierra de la Sagra blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Spain in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula.
Adults are on wing from July to August. The host plant for the larvae is Anthyllis vulneraria microcephala, an endemic plant from the north-east Andalusia region of south-eastern Spain.
Synonyms
Plebicula sagratrox Aistleitner, 1986Polyommatus golgus sagratrox- ''Plebicula golgus sagratrox''
Ecology and distribution
- Type locality: Sierra de la Sagra in the north-east of the Province of Granada, Spain.
- Distribution : only in four separated and small colonies: Sierra de la Sagra, Sierra de Guillimona and Sierra Seca in the north-eastern Granada province; and Sierra de la Cabrilla in north-eastern Jaén province.
- Its distribution is the most reduced of all Papilionoidea endemic species of Spain: the total occupied area by the four colonies is 0.82 km2.
- Altitude of its biotopes: 1900–2300 m.
- Host plant: Anthyllis vulneraria microcephala, an endemic plant from the north-east Andalusia Region, SE. Spain.
Taxonomy
- Tolman considers to Polyommatus sagratrox as a subspecies of Polyommatus golgus basing on some questionable and unjustified arguments.P. golgus and P. sagratrox show an ecology, morphology and ethology very differentiated and ).