- Dusky Large Blue
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Dusky Large Blue Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Phengaris Species: P. nausithous Binomial name Phengaris nausithous Synonyms Glaucopsyche nausithous
Maculinea nausithous (Bergstrasser, 1779)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, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.[1]
Life cycle of this species is strongly related to Sanguisorba officinalis (Great Burnet).[1]
References
- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Maculinea nausithous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 October 2010
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