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Cyclyrius webbianus (Canary Blue)

Synonyms: Cyclirius webbianus (homotypic); Leptotes webbianus; Polyommatus webbianus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cyclyrius webbianus, the Canary Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan is 28–34 mm. Females are golden and males are dark with a blue area near the body. Adults are on wing year round. The habitat consists of coastal areas. The larvae feed on Lotus, Cytisus, Spartocytisus and Ononis species.
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Infraspecies

Cyclyrius webbianus brunnea
Cyclyrius webbianus webbianus

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Dupont YL, Hansen DM and Olesen JM (2003) Structure of a plant-flower-visitor network in the high-altitude sub-alpine desert of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Ecography 26:301-310
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0