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Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 (Common Blue Butterfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Polyommatus icarus Male imago 31 May 2004 Berks England 2
Polyommatus icarus? Imago 9 August 1975 Surrey England 1
Polyommatus icarus Male imago 19 June 1971 East Norfolk England 1
Polyommatus icarus Imago 2 August 1970 Surrey England 3
Polyommatus icarus Imago 25 June 1970 East Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Polyommatus icarus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Polyommatus icarus:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aplomya confinis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Polyommatus icarus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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