Lysandra corydonius, the false chalkhill blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species is distributed in south-eastern Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, north-eastern Turkey, and north-western Iran.Tshikolovets, V.V. - Butterflies of Eastern Europe, Urals and Caucasus. in Kyiv, Brno, 176 pp. 2003 L.corydonius is very similar to Lysandra coridon but a slight violet sheen is present, especially in the outer area of the wings.Seitz, A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) It inhabits a wide variety of grasslands and woodlands. In Armenia it occurs from 1200 to 2000 m above sea level.Butterfly Conservation Armenia http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/polyommatus-coridonius.html The known larval host plants of the species in Turkey is Hippocrepis comosa, in the Caucasus - Coronilla varia. The species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List. In Armenia from 2003 to 2013 its population increased.
Subspecies Lysandra corydonius corydonius (Caucasus, Transcaucasus, north-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran) Lysandra corydonius ciscaucasica (Jachontov, 1914) (northern Caucasus, south-eastern Europe)
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