Luthrodes Galba
''Luthrodes galba'', the Persian grass blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Turkey, central and eastern Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Caucasus and Cyprus. The larvae feed on ''Prosopis stephaniana'', '' Lagonychium farctum'', ''Acacia leucophloa'', '' Acacia campbeli'' and '' Lagonichium farctum''. They are associated with the ant species ''Monomorium ''Monomorium'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. As of 2013 it contains about 396 species. It is distributed around the world, with many species native to the Old World tropics. It is considered to be "one of the more important grou ... gracillium''. Description from Seitz Z. galba Led. (77 k). Above almost exactly like '' lysimon'' in both sexes, beneath strongly recalling species of ''Azanus'', especially in the arrangement and development of the black spots; the forewing beneath bears also some similarity to '' Chilades trochylus'', with which ''galba'' moreover agre ...
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Julius Lederer (entomologist)
Julius Lederer (24 June 1821, in Vienna – 30 April 1870, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He travelled widely: to Andalusia in 1849 Carinthia with Johann von Hornig (1819–1886) in 1853, İzmir in 1864, Magnesia in 1865, Amasya and Turkey in 1866, Mersin and the Taurus Mountains in 1867, Lebanon in 1868 and the Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ... in 1870). External linksBDHL''Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens'' Wien 1855.Scan. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lederer, Julius Austrian lepidopterists 1821 births 1870 deaths 19th-century Austrian zoologists ...
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