• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Lebanese Anomalous Blue
  Türkçe	Çokgözlü Lübnanesmeri
  中文	皚眼灰蝶
  ייִדיש	כחליל שעיר

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Lycaena alcestis	Zerny, 1932

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) alcestis alcestis	Zerny, 1932
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) alcestis karacetinae	Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002

• Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) alcestis is a member of the clade Polyommatus admetus:

• Species	Author
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) admetus	(Esper, [1783])
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) alcestis	(Zerny, 1932)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) aroaniensis	(Brown, 1976)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) demavendi	(Pfeiffer, 1938)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) galloi	(Balletto & Toso, 1979)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) humedasae	Toso & Balletto, 1976
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) khorasanensis	(Carbonell, 2001)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) mithridates	(Staudinger, 1878)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) nephohiptamenos	(Brown & Coutsis, 1978)
  Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ripartii	(Freyer, 1830)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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