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Scarce Large Blue

Phengaris teleius

1,633 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 141, February 104, March 163, April 256, May 370, June 403, July 431, August 371, September 272, October 203, November 111, December 87.
United States2,913
Alaska2,913
Germany210
Russia166
Bayern98
Hungary86
Poland79
Novosibirsk Oblast56
Rheinland-Pfalz53
Czechia51

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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