Polyommatus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀμματόω (ommatóō, “furnish with eyes”)

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Proper noun

Polyommatus m or f

1. 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