Seq # 460110010

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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens

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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.

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