Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835) Species
Last modified: April 13, 2021, 3:13 p.m.
Once a very local species occurring only in the south of Belgium. Extinct in our country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Polyommatinae > Tribus: Polyommatini > Genus: Polyommatus > Subgenus: Polyommatus > Species: Polyommatus thersites
- Vernacular names
- Esparcetteblauwtje (NL), Chapman's Blue (EN), Azuré de Chapman (FR), Kleiner Esparsetten-Bläuling (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Ball F. J. 1914. Notes sur les Lépidoptères de Belgique III. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 58: 126. On page 126.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: in June and July, and in August-September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Onobrychis viciifolia
The larva lives on Onobrychis viciifolia. It is attended by ants of the genera Lasius, Formica and Tapinoma. The species hibernates in an early larval stage.
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