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Plebeius blue

Plebeius sp.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Plebeius Blue
Plebeius sp. TrekNature | Plebejus argus (female) Photo


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IvanPancic
IvanPancic 9 years ago

Thank you bayucca

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Tricky one. In my eyes it is a Plebeius sp. Unfortunately there is a full complex of Plebeius which cannot safely distinguished from only the ventral view and without genital dissection. Candidates are P. argus, P. idas and Plebeius argyrognomon. P. argus in addition has a very tiny thorn at the anterior tibia, which is missing in the other two species. If you have a dorsal view we might get a little bit closer, however, most of the time this not really helps much. Many IDs you will find are anyway questionable based on my previously mentioned criteria.
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.p...
http://www.butterfliesoffrance.com/html/...
http://www.butterfliesoffrance.com/html/...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae.

IvanPancic
IvanPancic 9 years ago

Thank you madisonhyde21

madisonhyde21
madisonhyde21 9 years ago

Awesome! :)

IvanPancic
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IvanPancic

Војводина, Serbia

Spotted on Jul 7, 2014
Submitted on Oct 23, 2014

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