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Glaucopsyche alexis

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Glaucopsyche alexis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Glaucopsyche
Subgenus:
Glaucopsyche
Species:
G. alexis
Binomial name
Glaucopsyche alexis
Poda, 1761

Lycaenidae - Glaucopsyche alexis

The green-underside blue (Glaucopsyche alexis) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Palearctic.

The butterfly flies from April to July depending on the location, lingering in warm, lush meadows with plenty of its host plant, vetch (Vicia).

Subspecies

  • Glaucopsyche alexis alexis South and Central Europe and Siberia
  • Glaucopsyche alexis blachieri (Milliére, 1887) Carpathians
  • Glaucopsyche alexis lugens (Caradja, 1893) Caucasus
  • Glaucopsyche alexis melanoposmater Verity, 1928 Algeria and Tunisia


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