Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(Common Bluebottle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
GenusCalliphora (true bluebottles)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle) :
1: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
10 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified
2: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
18 Jul 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, basking on white PVC window frame at 9am
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - lit from rear flanks - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - lit from sides - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsum - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Male - dorsum - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 6: Male - face - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Male - genitalia (half-opened) - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 8: Male - genitalia (half-opened) - lateral view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 11: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 12: Male - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 13: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 14: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 15: Male - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 16: Wing base (basicosta indicated) - magnifiedImage 17: Wing base - magnifiedImage 18: Wing - highly enlarged
3: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
16 Jul 2007 OSGR: SN69 52° 30’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Cardigan (VC 46) Wales
on wooden fence
Image 1: Adult - lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Adult - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 5: Male - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Male - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Male - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)
4: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
16 Jul 2007 OSGR: SN69 52° 30’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Cardigan (VC 46) Wales
on wooden fence
Image 1: Adult - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Adult - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Adult - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Adult - lateral view - enlarged (3)
5: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
resting on sandy bank
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 4: Front three-quarter view - close-up
6: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
resting on sandy bank
Image 1: Male - anterior view - close-up - enlarged
7: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on fence rail
Image 1: Female - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Ventro-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Ventro-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - pale background (2)
8: Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dead bracken stem
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Zumpt, F. & Heinz, H.J. 1949 Studies in the sexual armature of Diptera - II A contribution to the study of the morphology and homology of the male terminalia of Calliphora and Sarcophaga (Dipt., Calliphoridae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 52.

Calliphora vicina (Common Bluebottle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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