Lampides boeticus
| Peablue or Long-tailed Blue |
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| Lampides boeticus underside |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Lycaenidae |
| Genus: |
Lampides |
| Species: |
L. boeticus |
| Binomial name |
Lampides boeticus
(Linnaeus, 1767) |
| Synonyms |
- Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, 1767
- Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775
- Lycaena leguminis Scott, 1890 (unavailable syn)
- Papilio coluteae Fuessly, 1775
- Papilio archias Cramer, [1777]
- Papilio pisorum Fourcroy, 1785
- Papilio boetica Fabricius, 1793
- Lampides armeniensis Gerhard, 1882
- Polyommatus bagus Distant, 1886
- Lampides grisescens Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides caerulea Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides caeruleafasciata Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides clara Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides clarafasciata Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides coerulea Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides ab. fasciata Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides fusca Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides ab. fuscafasciata Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides typicamarginata Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides ab. major Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides minor Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides typicafasciata Tutt, [1907]
- Lampides ab. albovittata Oberthür, 1910
- Lampides ab. ecaudata Oberthür, 1910
- Polyommatus yanagawensis Hori, 1923
- Lampides obsoleta Evans, [1925]
- Lampides fusca de Sagarra, 1926
- Lycaena ab. minor Pionneau, 1928
- Lampides infuscata Querci, 1932
- Lampides ab. kawachensis Hirose, 1933
- Lampides anamariae Gómez Bustillo, 1973
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The Peablue, Pea Blue, or Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) is a small butterfly found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia that belongs to the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.
The wingspan is 24-32 mm for males and 24-34 mm for females.
Foodplants
The flowers, seeds and pods of many Fabaceae species, including Medicago, Crotalaria, Polygala, Sutherlandia, Dolichos, Cytisus, Spartium and Lathyrus species[1]. It has also been recorded on Crotolaria pallida [2]
See also
References
- ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
- ^ Kunte, K. 2006. Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 103(1):119-121
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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