Lampides boeticus

Peablue or Long-tailed Blue
	Lampides boeticus underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lampides
Species:	L. boeticus
Binomial name
	Lampides boeticus; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, 1767; Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775; Lycaena leguminis Scott, 1890 (unavailable syn); Papilio coluteae Fuessly, 1775; Papilio archias Cramer, [1777]; Papilio pisorum Fourcroy, 1785; Papilio boetica Fabricius, 1793; Lampides armeniensis Gerhard, 1882; Polyommatus bagus Distant, 1886; Lampides grisescens Tutt, [1907]; Lampides caerulea Tutt, [1907]; Lampides caeruleafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Lampides clara Tutt, [1907]; Lampides clarafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Lampides coerulea Tutt, [1907]; Lampides ab. fasciata Tutt, [1907]; Lampides fusca Tutt, [1907]; Lampides ab. fuscafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Lampides typicamarginata Tutt, [1907]; Lampides ab. major Tutt, [1907]; Lampides minor Tutt, [1907]; Lampides typicafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Lampides ab. albovittata Oberthür, 1910; Lampides ab. ecaudata Oberthür, 1910; Polyommatus yanagawensis Hori, 1923; Lampides obsoleta Evans, [1925]; Lampides fusca de Sagarra, 1926; Lycaena ab. minor Pionneau, 1928; Lampides infuscata Querci, 1932; Lampides ab. kawachensis Hirose, 1933; Lampides anamariae Gómez Bustillo, 1973;

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Lycaenidae - Lampides boeticus

The Peablue, Pea Blue, or Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) is a small butterfly found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia that belongs to the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.

The wingspan is 24-32 mm for males and 24-34 mm for females.

[edit] Foodplants

The flowers, seeds and pods of many Fabaceae species, including Medicago, Crotalaria, Polygala, Sutherlandia, Dolichos, Cytisus, Spartium and Lathyrus species^[1]. It has also been recorded on Crotolaria pallida ^[2]

^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
^ Kunte, K. 2006. Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 103(1):119-121

Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

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Peablue or Long-tailed Blue

Lampides boeticus underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lampides
Species:	L. boeticus
Binomial name
*Lampides boeticus* (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775 Lycaena leguminis Scott, 1890 (unavailable syn) Papilio coluteae Fuessly, 1775 Papilio archias Cramer, [1777] Papilio pisorum Fourcroy, 1785 Papilio boetica Fabricius, 1793 Lampides armeniensis Gerhard, 1882 Polyommatus bagus Distant, 1886 Lampides grisescens Tutt, [1907] Lampides caerulea Tutt, [1907] Lampides caeruleafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides clara Tutt, [1907] Lampides clarafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides coerulea Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. fasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides fusca Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. fuscafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides typicamarginata Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. major Tutt, [1907] Lampides minor Tutt, [1907] Lampides typicafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. albovittata Oberthür, 1910 Lampides ab. ecaudata Oberthür, 1910 Polyommatus yanagawensis Hori, 1923 Lampides obsoleta Evans, [1925] Lampides fusca de Sagarra, 1926 Lycaena ab. minor Pionneau, 1928 Lampides infuscata Querci, 1932 Lampides ab. kawachensis Hirose, 1933 Lampides anamariae Gómez Bustillo, 1973