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The common blue butterfly or European common blue [3] (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.
In Georgia, the eastern pygmy-blue is the smallest butterfly, where it lives along coastal portions of southeastern Georgia. It is a blue butterfly with a row of four silvery black spots along the ventral hindwing margin. Adults have a low, weak flight pattern and flutter just above the surface of host plants. Adults appear from May to August.
Zizina otis, the lesser grass blue, [2] [3] is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south [2] and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. [3] The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as Zizina labradus, the common grass blue. [4]
The subspecies Zizina labradus labradus is found over most of continental Australia, as well as on Lord Howe Island, [6] Norfolk Island, and Christmas Island, [7] while the subspecies Zizina labradus labdalon is restricted mainly to Cape York Peninsula. [6] The common grass blue is often misidentified as the lesser grass blue, Zizina otis. [6]
It has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it the name of the silver-studded blue. P. argus can be found across Europe and east across the Palearctic , but it is most often studied in the United Kingdom where the species has experienced a severe decline in population due to habitat loss ...
Pseudophilotes baton, the baton blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in central and southern Europe and then east across the Palearctic to the Russian Far East . The wingspan is 10–11 mm.
Fight to mate; this behaviour is common among the blues. Left, upperside of female; right underside of male, from Adalbert Seitz. Luthrodes pandava [2] also called the Plains Cupid [3] [1] or cycad blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in South Asia, [3] Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines. [1]
The chalkhill blue (Lysandra coridon) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small butterfly that can be found throughout the Palearctic realm, [1] where it occurs primarily in grasslands rich in chalk. [2] Males have a pale blue colour, while females are brown. [3] Both have chequered fringes around their wings. [4] Aberrant male