Polyommatus
Translingual
Etymology
From poly- (“many”, from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)) + Ancient Greek ὄμμᾰτᾰ (ómmătă, “eyes”, plural of Ancient Greek ὄμμᾰ (ómmă)) + -us (adjectival suffix), literally “many-eyed”.
Proper noun
Polyommatus m
- 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
- Category:Polyommatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Polyommatus at AnimalBase
- Polyommatus at National Center for Biotechnology Information