Pseudophilotes baton (Bergsträsser, 1779) Species
Last modified: March 15, 2022, 10:01 a.m.
Known from old records in NA and LX. Now extinct, but there are some small populations not so far from the Belgian border!
Details
- Classification
- Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Polyommatinae > Tribus: Polyommatini > Genus: Pseudophilotes > Species: Pseudophilotes baton
- Vernacular names
- Klein tijmblauwtje (NL), Baton Blue (EN), Graublauer Bläuling (DE)
- Synonyms
- Pseudophilotes hylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), nec (Linnaeus, 1758)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 16 (as Polyommatus Hylas). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Flight periods
The adults fly usually in two generations a year; onwards from April towards June and again from late July till early September.
Observed on
The larva lives on the flowers and the seeds of Thymus, Satureja, Lavendula, Mentha and Calamintha nepeta. It is attended by ants of the genera Lasius and Myrmica. The species hibernates as a larva or as a pupa.
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