| Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini |
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| Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) | |
 Common Blue
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Genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 Subgenus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonims (species): abdon Aistleitner A. & Aistleitner U., 1994 andronicus Coutsis & Gavalas, 1995 |
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Adult (male), Anticoli (Roma), Italy, April 2002 (Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli) |
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Adult (male), Buljarica (Budva), Crna Gora (Montenegro), August 2001 (Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli) |
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Adult (male), Hobro, Denmark, June 3, 2003 (Photo by Jens Christian Schou, BioPix) |
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Adult (male), Anticoli (Roma), Italy, May 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult (male), Sambuci (Roma), Italy, April 25, 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult (male), L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, August 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult (female), L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, July 7, 2002 (Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli) |
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Adult (female), L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, July 7, 2002 (Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli) |
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Adult (female), Aas, Norway, July 10, 2005 (Photo by Odd Ketil Sabo, Butterfly Photography in Norway) |
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Adult (female), L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, July 7, 2002 (Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli) |
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Adult, Roma, Italy, September 1989 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Leon, Spain, May 4, 2004 (Photo by Javier Díaz) |
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Adults (mating), Pontassieve (Firenze), Italy, June 1992 (Photo by Fabio Cavallini) |
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Adults (mating), Ecological Mowed Highway Verge, Antwerp, Belgium, August 2003 (Photo by Toon Verbruggen) |
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Adult (male), Gloucester, UK, August 14, 2001 (Photo by Mike Jennings) |
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Adult (female), Gloucester, UK, August 1, 2001 (Photo by Mike Jennings) |
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Adult (female), Nismes, Parc naturel Viroin - Hermeton, Wallonie, Belgium, July 22, 2002 (Photo by Jean Delacre, Le 'Bestiaire' de Jean Delacre) |
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Adult (female laying eggs), L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, July 7, 2002 (Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli) |
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Larva, L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, July 25, 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Pupa, L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, August 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Eggs, L'Ostriconi (Palasca), sea level, Corse, France, July 6, 2002 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
Foodplants:
Fabaceae: Galega, Ononis, Lotus, Medicago, Trifolium, Melilotus, Genista, Astragalus, Astracantha, Onobrychis, Anthyllis, Coronilla; larvae attended by ants of genera Myrmica, Lasius, Formica, Plagiolepis
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