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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.
Male Polyommantinae blue butterflies possess a complex system of androconia. Androconia refers to the scent scales on the butterflies' wings that attract mates. Along with these scent scales, the complexity of how the nanoarchitectures interact with white light is very important to support their formation and rigorous reproduction in subsequent ...
English: Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) mating, male (l) and female (r), Yoesden Bank, Buckinghamshire Español: Apareamiento (macho izquierda, hembra derecha) de mariposas ícaro ( Polyommatus icarus ) en Yoesden Bank, Buckinghamshire, Inglaterra.
Polyommatus humedasae (Toso & Balletto, 1976) Piedmont anomalous blue; Polyommatus hunza (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Pamirs, Hindu Kush; Polyommatus icadius (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) common blue; Polyommatus igisizilim (Dantchenko, 2000) Polyommatus interjectus (De Lesse, 1960) Polyommatus iphicarmon (Courvoisier ...
Piedmont anomalous blue, Polyommatus humedasae Toso & Balletto, 1976; Common blue, Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) Chelmos blue, Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) [26] Anatolian white-blue, Polyommatus menalcas (Freyer, 1837) [27] Higgins’s anomalous blue, Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978) [28]
Polyommatinae, a subfamily consisting of the blue butterflies Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) Large blue (Phengaris arion) Small blue (Cupido minimus) Euphilotes, a subfamily consisting of blue butterflies El Segundo Blue (Euphilotes battoides) Blue morpho (disambiguation), several species in the genus Morpho
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Common blue – Polyommatus icarus icarus LC – throughout. Chalkhill blue – Lysandra coridon V – southern England. Adonis blue – Lysandra bellargus V – south England; expanding range north and west. Holly blue – Celastrina argiolus britanna LC – north to Solway Firth and River Tyne; expanding range north. Large blue – Phengaris ...