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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Lysandra coridon Silbergrüner Bläuling Male. Specimen photographed in the Rhön (Bayern, Germany). Date not recorded. Subspecies Original description Synonyms Polyommatus coridon Meleageria coridon Note: these Blues with checkered wing fringes were previously placed in their own genus Lysandra, but were then lumped together with species of Meleageria and/or Polyommatus. However, the comprehensive phylogenetic study by Wiemers et al. (2009) shows that they are not closely related to either Meleageria or Polyommatus and previous studies had also pointed to this fact (Kandul et al. 2004). I therefore place them again in their own genus Lysandra. Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on June 26, 2012 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved.	Related information: Subspecies Original description Synonyms Identification Distribution Biology References