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Spanish Chalk-hill Blue

Polyommatus albicans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 5, July 69, August 54, September 7, October 1, November 0, December 0.
Spain136
Andalucía46
Castilla-La Mancha41
Castilla y León20
Aragón13
Región de Murcia8
Comunidad de Madrid7
Comunitat Valenciana1

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Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusPolyommatus

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