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Pseudophilotes abencerragus

Synonyms: Argus abencerragus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudophilotes abencerragus, the False Baton Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May. The larvae feed on Cleonia lusitanica, Thymus vulgaris, Medicago cf. turbinata, Medicago hispidus, Thymus cf. hirtus, Salvia taraxacifolia and Thymus fontanesii.
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Infraspecies

Pseudophilotes abencerragus abencerragus
Pseudophilotes abencerragus amelia
Pseudophilotes abencerragus cavazzae

Prey / Diet

Cleonia lusitanica[1]
Salvia taraxacifolia (Dandelion leaved sage)[1]
Thymus vulgaris (garden thyme)[1]

External References

Citations

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.
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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