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Lampides boeticus (bean butterfly)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Lampides boeticus

Infraspecies

Lampides boeticus anamariae
Lampides boeticus boeticoides
Lampides boeticus boeticus
Lampides boeticus fusca
Lampides boeticus immarginata
Lampides boeticus infuscata
Lampides boeticus nigrita
Lampides boeticus obsoleta
Lampides boeticus pygmaea

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  200
Wing Span [2]  1.102 inches (.028 m)

Prey / Diet

Predators

Alcimus mimus[6]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Cedronella canariensis (herb of Gilead)[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Body size, egg size, and their interspecific relationships with ecological and life history traits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea), Enrique García-Barros, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2000), 70: 251–284
♦ 2BUTTERFLIES OF AUCKLAND, D.R. Cowley and J.M. Cowley, TANE 29, 1983, pp. 181-192
♦ 3Jorrit 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.
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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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