Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761) Species
Last modified: Sept. 16, 2022, 3:22 p.m.
At present only known from a few localities in the extreme south of Belgium, critically endangered!
Details
- Classification
- Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Polyommatinae > Tribus: Polyommatini > Genus: Glaucopsyche > Subgenus: Glaucopsyche > Species: Glaucopsyche alexis
- Vernacular names
- Bloemenblauwtje (NL), Green-underside Blue (EN), Azuré des cytises (FR), Alexis-Bläuling (DE)
- Synonyms
- Glaucopsyche cyllarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1857a. Catalogue des Insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 1: 1–111. On page 12.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Flight periods
The adults fly from early May till the end of June.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Astragalus, Cytisus, Genista, Vicia, Coronilla, Melilotus, Dorycnium, Medicago, Onobrychis and Spartium
The larva lives on Astragalus, Coronilla, Cytisus, Dorycnium, Genista, Medicago, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Spartium, etc.
No pictures yet!
