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 Lycaenidae family. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.[1]
Life cycle of this species is strongly related to Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet).[1]
References
- 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Maculinea nausithous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 October 2010
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- lepiforum.de Notes on taxonomy. Images.
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