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Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) (Adonis Blue Butterfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Polyommatus bellargus Male imago 10 June 2005 South Wiltshire England 3
Polyommatus bellargus Male imago 10 June 2005 South Wiltshire England 3
Polyommatus bellargus In cop. 6 June 1976 Berks England 9

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bourn, N., Thomas, J., Stewart, K. & Clarke, R., 2002 (Colour photographs of larva, habitat and adult) Importance of habitat quality and isolation
Jones, R.A., 2005, Polyommatus bellargus, melanic male, British Journal of Entomology and Natural History (BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST.), Volume 18: Plate 1 (Colour photograph) Polyommatus bellargus, melanic male

Polyommatus bellargus may also 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 bellargus:

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

Polyommatus bellargus 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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