Meleager's Blue (Polyommatus daphnis) | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||
Taken in the Vercors Natural Park, France, on July 20th 2018. (1/640th sec at f14. © David Hastings) DescriptionFamily: Polyommatinae Wing span: 36 - 38mm The male has shiny blue upper surfaces with black borders. The female is blue with broad brown borders, and has a strongly scalloped hindwing. Underside marginal markings are grey. This species is widespread and locally common in SE Europe. It is sporadic and rare in S Europe. It can be found in dry and warm rocky grasslands, typically near woodland on calcareous soils. There is one generation per year from mid-June to August. Larvae feed exclusively on Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia). Sightings
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