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Glaucopsyche alexis is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Lycaenidae. It is classified within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The species is part of the genus Glaucopsyche and is also referred to by the common names Green-underside Blue, glesyn ôl-adain werdd, ツバメシジミ, and 燕藍灰蝶.
This organism has been recorded in countries including Greece, France, Norway, Hungary, and Sweden. Its host plants include Coronilla, Cytisus, Melilotus, and Dorycnium. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2025.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Encyclopedia of Life, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Glaucopsyche alexis is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to Algeria, Tunisia and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Butterflies described in 1761, Butterflies of Europe and Glaucopsyche.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
Голубянка алексис (лат. Glaucopsyche alexis) — вид бабочек из семейства голубянки.
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 227
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UIT, KWP, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
- Recorded in
- Greece, France, Norway, Hungary, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Finland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Glaucopsyche
- Image
- Alexis-Bläuling (Glaucopsyche alexis) im FFH-Gebiet Taubergrund Weikersheim-Niederstetten (cropped).jpg
Show 8 more facts
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Glaucopsyche alexis
- Commons gallery
- Glaucopsyche alexis
- taxon common name
- Alexis-Bläuling
- Commons category
- Glaucopsyche alexis
- has host
- Vicia cracca
- short name
- G. alexis
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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Encyclopedic overview
Glaucopsyche alexis, the green-underside blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
The butterfly flies from April to July depending on the location, lingering in warm, lush meadows with plenty of its host plant, vetch (Vicia).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glaucopsyche alexis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.