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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 list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still. [ 2 ] A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. [ 3 ]
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.
Near or upon the larva there is a guard of ants, usually specimens of Formica cinerea Mayr. The larva as well as the chrysalis are found in the nests of this ant. Pupa elongate, green with red dorsal line; abdomen above yellowish green. The butterflies are on the wing in May and again from July onwards, but are said to have only one brood in ...
In the form rebeli Hirschke the blue of the upperside is more brilliant and more extended, the dark margin being reduced, in the female only the apical area black; Styria. – monticola Stgr. (83 a) has a narrow black margin like rebeli , but the blue is very deep and dark, so dull as in true alcon ; from the Alps of Switzerland and the Caucasus.
The scarce large blue (Phengaris teleius) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Austria , Slovenia , Croatia , the Czech Republic , France , Georgia , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Japan , Kazakhstan , Mongolia , Poland , Romania , Russia , northern Serbia , [ 2 ] Spain , Switzerland , and Ukraine and East across the ...
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The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. [1] Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. [ 2 ]