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Species
Near ThreatenedSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
Observations recorded249,975
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,599
- With media
- 17,332
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- CHAS, UMNH, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), NHMUK
- Recorded in
- France, Spain, United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview
The Adonis blue (Lysandra bellargus, also known as Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It inhabits the Palearctic realm (Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Southern Russia, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, and Turkey).
It is found in chalk downland, in warm, sheltered spots, flying low over vegetation, seeking females that are rich chocolate brown in color. The male has brilliantly colored blue wings that give it its name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lysandra bellargus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.