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Gavarnie blue | |
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A. p. asturiensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Agriades |
Species: | A. pyrenaicus
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Agriades pyrenaicus (
Boisduval, 1840)
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Agriades pyrenaicus, the Gavarnie blue, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. [1] It is found in the Asturias mountains of north-western Spain, the Pyrenees, the southern Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, the Caucasus and Armenia. [2] The habitat consists of alpine grassy rocky meadows where it is found at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 2,200 meters. [3]
The wingspan is 22–28 mm. [4] The wings are grey suffused with blue and the wings are bordered by a white line. On the upperside a grey discal spot centers each wing, on the underside the forewings are decorated with black dots circled in white and the hindwings have a sub-marginal line of white dots some centered yellow.
The larvae feed on Androsace species.
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Gavarnie blue | |
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A. p. asturiensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Agriades |
Species: | A. pyrenaicus
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Binomial name | |
Agriades pyrenaicus (
Boisduval, 1840)
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Synonyms | |
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Agriades pyrenaicus, the Gavarnie blue, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. [1] It is found in the Asturias mountains of north-western Spain, the Pyrenees, the southern Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, the Caucasus and Armenia. [2] The habitat consists of alpine grassy rocky meadows where it is found at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 2,200 meters. [3]
The wingspan is 22–28 mm. [4] The wings are grey suffused with blue and the wings are bordered by a white line. On the upperside a grey discal spot centers each wing, on the underside the forewings are decorated with black dots circled in white and the hindwings have a sub-marginal line of white dots some centered yellow.
The larvae feed on Androsace species.