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Lampides Hübner 1819

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus 1767)

Long-tailed Blue, Pea Blue

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Polyommatini

Introduction

A widespread Old World tailed blue species, ranging from Europe throughout Africa and Asia to Hawaii. The larvae feed on legumes and can be crop pests.

Other Names for Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus 1767)

References

Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.

Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.

Lees, D. C., Kremen, C. & Raharitsimba, T. 2003 Classification, diversity and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist. In The Natural History of Madagascar (ed. S. M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead), pp. 762-793. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Lohman, D. J., D. Peggie, N. E. Pierce, and R. Meier. 2008. Phylogeography and genetic diversity of a widespread Old World butterfly, Lampides boeticus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:301. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-301

Parsons, M. 1989 Taxonomic studies in New Guinea and Solomons Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera), and discovery of abdominal scent organs in the females of various Nymphalinae genera. Bishop Mus. Occas. Papers 29, 174-192.

Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R. 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343, 1-267.

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Scientific Name Lampides boeticus
Location Montoliu de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Lampides boeticus
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Copyright © 2008 Ferran Turmo Gort
Scientific Name Lampides boeticus
Location Amor, Leiria, Portugal
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Carlos Franquinho
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