Piedmont anomalous blue

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Piedmont anomalous blue
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. humedasae
Binomial name
Polyommatus humedasae (Toso & Balletto, 1976)

The Piedmont anomalous blue (Polyommatus humedasae) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Italy, where it is known mostly from the Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps. It is mainly found on altitudes of 800 to 1,000 meters but at times up to 1,600 meters.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from July to August, with a peak in the second half of July.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Onobrychis montana and Onobrychis viciifolia. They are attended to by ants.

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