Lycaena phlaeas - aberrazione Schmidtii
(Gerhardt, 1853)
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Subfamily: Lycaeninae - Lycaenini
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Wingspan: 24-30 mm
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Flight period: May - Sep (Nov)
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Spread: Rare
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Host plants: Poligonacee (Rumex)
Information
Particular aberration of the Lycaena phlaeas , in the photos you can see the lack of red pigmentation,
at the taxonomic level it is always a Lycaena phlaeas, therefore the distribution and all the ethological characteristics are unchanged.
Near the end of the video you will be able to see a few moments of this particular butterfly.
Obviously it feeds on the same plants and therefore of Polygonaceae (gen. Rumex and Polygonum).





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