Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Glaucopsyche → subgenus Glaucopsyche → species Glaucopsyche alexis
Species name(s)
Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda, 1761) = Papilio alexis Poda, 1761 = Papilio cyllarus Rottemburg, 1775 = subalexis Obraztsov, 1936 = tshatkala (Korb, 1997) = Glaucopsyche alexis aeruginosa = Papilio bronte Bergstrasser, 1779 = Papilio cyllarus Rottemburg, 1775 = Papilio damaetas Hübner, 1799/800 = Papilio damoetas Schiffermüller, 1776 = Papilio dymus Herbst, 1804 = Papilio phobos Bergstrasser, 1779.
Green-underside Blue
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny*; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Primary colors
Green, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Northeast (?), The European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania , Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norway (mainland), Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic Islands, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia . [10]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Astragalus, Galega, Vicia, Coronilla, Calicotome, Spartium, Medicago, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Cytisus, Colutea and others of the family Fabaceae, indifferent to the caterpillars ants genera Lasius, Formica, Tapinoma, Camponotus, Myrmica, Crematogaster. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Glaucopsyche alexis
- G. a. alexis.
- G. a. andereggi Rühl, 1891.
- G. a. antolinezi Agenjo, 1967.
- G. a. blachieri (Milliére, 1887).
- G. a. helena Agenjo, 1967.
- G. a. illustris Stauder, 1915.
- G. a. latina Hartig, 1940.
- G. a. lopedevega Agenjo, 1967.
- G. a. lugens (Caradja, 1893).
- G. a. maritimalpium Verity, 1928.
- G. a. melanoposmater Verity, 1928.
- G. a. melconi de Sagarra, 1930.
- G. a. mironi Coutsis, 1976.
- G. a. morena Agenjo, 1967.
- G. a. parvandereggi Verity, 1938.
- G. a. pauperella de Sagarra, 1927.
- G. a. punctata Gouin, 1904.
- G. a. safidensis Blom, 1979.
- G. a. subpauper Verity, 1928.
- G. a. superornata Agenjo, 1967.
- G. a. tristis Gerhard, 1853.
- G. a. velada Bustillo, 1973.
- G. a. viriato Agenjo, 1967.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Andrey Sazykin, Alexsandr Martukov. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
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