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Glaucopsyche

Munguira, Miguel L.;Martín, José;García-Barros, Enrique;Shahbazian, Gayaneh;Cancela, Juan Pablo

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Glaucopsyche

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Also known as Blues

Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.

Species

Silvery Blue

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae
Observations22,976
Observations recorded108,579

Glaucopsyche es un género de lepidópteros de la familia Lycaenidae principalmente de la región paleártica, con unas pocas especies en el Neártico.​ Su envergadura es de 25 a 35 mm. La parte inferior de sus alas es gris o gris pardusco, y el azul verdoso se extiende por la parte inferior del ala posterior. Glaucopsyche tienen pequeños discos negros, a veces dispersos.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
159
With media
5
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
GMNH, UMNH, UNM, CASC, ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG IN BONN (ZFMK)
Recorded in
United States, Turkey

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Encyclopedic overview

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Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Holarctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.

==Species==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glaucopsyche” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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