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Viola sororia ( / vaɪˈoʊlə səˈrɔːriə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə ), [ 5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet.
Various species of native violets have reported to serve as a larval host plant for the great spangled fritillary, including the native round-leaf violet (Viola rotundifolia), the arrow-leaf violet (Viola fimbriatula) and the common blue violet (Viola sororia).
The common blue butterfly or European common blue[ 2] ( Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings.
Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: variegated fritillaries have two or three broods per year ...
Boloria selene, known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary and in North America as the silver-bordered fritillary, [ 1] is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found across Europe, Asia and North America, and feeds exclusively on violets in its larval stages. [ 2] This species prefers wet grassland habitats, where ...
Lampides ab. kawachensisHirose, 1933. Lampides anamariaeGómez Bustillo, 1973. Lampides boeticus f. michaeliKroon, 1980. Lampides boeticus, the pea blue, [ 2 ][ 3 ] or long-tailed blue, [ 3 ] is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.
Polyommatus (Plebicula) dorylas, the turquoise blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Ural Mountains, Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Its wingspan is 15–17 mm. The butterfly's common name comes from the dazzling bright blue colour of male's wings. The larvae feed on Anthyllis vulneraria ...
The large blue ( Phengaris arion) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first defined in 1758 and first recorded in Britain in 1795. [ 2] In 1979 the species became mostly extinct in Britain but has been successfully reintroduced with new conservation methods. [ 3] The species is classified as "near threatened" on ...