Adonis Blue

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iAdonis Blue

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. bellargus
Binomial name
Polyommatus bellargus
(Rottemburg, 1775)

The Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

[edit] Habitat

The adonis blue loves to live in grasslands with short vegetation.

[edit] Species decline

The Adonis Blue has been rapidly declining. This has been due to their habitat (grasslands) dissapearing or becoming coarse and shady through a lack of grazing. There has been many people trying to get them to reappear.

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