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Large Blue

Phengaris arion

2,806 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 111, February 82, March 129, April 203, May 293, June 319, July 341, August 294, September 216, October 161, November 88, December 69.
United States2,306
Alaska2,306
France352
Italy350
Nord-Ovest243
Austria163
Switzerland159
Germany150
Tirol96
United Kingdom95

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
GenusPhengaris

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