Lycaena bleusei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Lycaena
- Species
- Lycaena bleusei
- Scientific Name
- Lycaena bleusei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lycaena bleusei
Lycaena bleusei, the Iberian sooty copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, subfamily Lycaeninae. It is found in Portugal and Spain, in Europe.
The wingspan is 28–30 mm (1.1–1.2 in). Compared to Lycaena tityrus it is brighter above, with stronger yellow variegation, and the hindwing has a short triangular tail and a strong blue sheen on the upperside. The black spots of the forewing stand out strikingly against a bright tawny (fauve) ground colour in the female. The butterfly flies from late March to November, depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Rumex acetosa, Rumex acetosella, Rumex crispus and other docks.
Populations of this species are found chiefly in central Spain and Central-northern Portugal, where the species is a specialist of meadows which tend to dry out during the summer, contrary to its sister species Lycaena tityrus
...Lycaena bleusei in languages:
- Dutch
- Iberische bruine vuurvlinder
- English
- Iberian Sooty Copper
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lycaena
- Lycaena 'canterbury common copper'
- Lycaena alciphron
- Lycaena argentina
- Lycaena asabinus
- Lycaena bleusei
- Lycaena boldenarum
- Lycaena caerulea
- Lycaena candens
- Lycaena clarki
- Lycaena dispar
- Lycaena edna
- Lycaena enysii
- Lycaena feredayi
- Lycaena helle
- Lycaena hibernica
- Lycaena hippothoe
- Lycaena irmae
- Lycaena kasyapa
- Lycaena kurdistanica
- Lycaena li
- Lycaena margelanica
- Lycaena mela
- Lycaena mithridates
- Lycaena ochimus
- Lycaena orus
- Lycaena ottomanus
- Lycaena panava
- Lycaena pang
- Lycaena phiala
- Lycaena phoebus
- Lycaena primus
- Lycaena rauparaha
- Lycaena salustius
- Lycaena solskyi
- Lycaena splendens
- Lycaena standfussi
- Lycaena svenhedini
- Lycaena tama
- Lycaena theages
- Lycaena thersamon
- Lycaena thetis
- Lycaena thoe
- Lycaena tityrus
- Lycaena tseng
- Lycaena violacea
- Lycaena virgaureae
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