Polyommatus dama

Polyommatus dama is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Turkey. Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Polyommatus dama
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)(Global)
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (Mediterranean)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Polyommatus
Species:	P. dama
Binomial name
Polyommatus dama (Staudinger, 1892)