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Dusky Large Blue

Phengaris nausithous

2,558 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 Germany.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 0, June 71, July 493, August 108, September 1, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Germany673
United States528
Alaska528
Bayern228
Rheinland-Pfalz194
Russia179
Czechia167
Poland98
Hessen91
Baden-Württemberg66

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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