| Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini |
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| Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
 Lang's Short-tailed Blue
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Genus: Leptotes Scudder, 1876 Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonims (species): telicanus Lang, 1789 |
<br><br>Adult, Ioanina, 840m, Greece, August 2, 2009<br>(Photo by Bernard Fransen, <a href='http://www.xs4all.nl/~fransenb/EuropeanButterflies/' target='_blank'>Photography of European Butterflies and Moths</a>)?images/Lycaenidae/LePiA001HR.jpg "L. pirithous (© Bernard Fransen)") |
Adult, Ioanina, 840m, Greece, August 2, 2009 (Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths) |
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Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, October 2001 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Monte Pollino, Italy, June 1988 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult (female), Cineto Romano (Roma), Italy, July 2000 (Photo by Diego Reggianti) |
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Adults (courting), Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
Foodplants:
Many genera of Fabaceae, Lythraceae, Plumbaginaceae, Rosaceae, Ercicaceae
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