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Maculinea nausithous

Dusky large blue
Glaucopsyche nausithous Schwaebisch Hall-Wackershofen 20080723 4.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Phengaris
Species: P. nausithous
Binomial name
Phengaris nausithous
(Bergsträsser, 1779]
Synonyms

Glaucopsyche nausithous
Maculinea nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779)


Glaucopsyche nausithous
Maculinea nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779)

The dusky large blue (Phengaris nausithous) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Armenia,Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

The life cycle of this species is strongly related to the herbaceous plant Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet).



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