Dusky large blue
| Dusky large blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Phengaris |
| Species: | P. nausithous |
| Binomial name | |
| Phengaris nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Glaucopsyche nausithous | |
The dusky large blue (Phengaris nausithous) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Armenia,[1] Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.[2]
The life cycle of this species is strongly related to the herbaceous plant Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet).[2]
References
- ↑ Phengaris nausithous at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
- 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Maculinea nausithous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 October 2010
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phengaris nausithous. |
- lepiforum.de Notes on taxonomy. Images.
- Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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