taxonID	type	description	language	source
D2A4C9D42C18BA941312FBC639F156C5.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat and biology. Stony steppe and dry meadows from 1500 up to 2000 m a. s. l. Flight period: mid-July to end of August, in a single generation. The new species flights syntopically and synchronously with P. shamil but on average about one decade earlier. Host plant is preliminary determined as Astragalus buschiorum (Fabaceae). Hibernation as first instar larvae.	en	Lukhtanov, Vladimir A., Dantchenko, Alexander V. (2017): A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 11 (4): 769-795, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072
D2A4C9D42C18BA941312FBC639F156C5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Phenotypically P. (A.) australorossicus sp. n. is practically indistinguishable from allopatric closely related P. ninae, P. aserbeidschanus and P. lukhtanovi but the ground colour of the underside of the hindwings is grey in the new species, with ocherous tint, not light or dark brown. The new species differs from sympatric (syntopic and synchronous) P. shamil (Fig. 9 c, d) by specific structure of costal area of the forewings in males (Fig. 10). The submarginal row of spots on the forewing underside is more blurred (Fig. 9 b), not sharp and clear visible as in P. shamil (Fig. 9 d). Additionally, basal black spots are usually present on the underside of the forewings in P. (A.) australorossicus (Fig. 9 b); however, this character is not constant. Genetically P. australorossicus and P. shamil are not close. They belong to two different species groups within the subgenus Agrodiaetus: to P. carmon group (P. australorossicus) and to P. cyaneus group (P. shamil). The new species differs drastically from the genetically most closely related P. ninae and P. aserbeidschanus by its karyotype (by at least 9 fixed chromosomal fusions / fissions). The new species is similar (but not identical) to P. lukhtanovi (n = 21 - 22) and P. pierceae (n = 22) with respect to the chromosome number. However, it differs from these species by COI barcodes and represents a different lineage of evolution within the P. damonide complex.	en	Lukhtanov, Vladimir A., Dantchenko, Alexander V. (2017): A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 11 (4): 769-795, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072
D2A4C9D42C18BA941312FBC639F156C5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name Polommatus australorossicus is an adjective of the masculine gender. This species name originates from the Latin words " australis " (south) and " rossicus " (Russian).	en	Lukhtanov, Vladimir A., Dantchenko, Alexander V. (2017): A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 11 (4): 769-795, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072
