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Provence chalk-hill blue

Polyommatus hispana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 15, May 344, June 105, July 10, August 52, September 46, October 13, November 0, December 0.
France585
Occitanie390
Spain165
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur159
Cataluña/Catalunya148
Italy68
Nord-Ovest64
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes36
Aragón12
Castilla-La Mancha5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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

Sources

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