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sorry for the lousy quality but I love this butterfly
common blue - Hauhechelblaeuling... Here the english Wikipedia Stub: The Common Blue Polyommatus icarus is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Appearance, behaviour and distribution Male uppersides are a beautiful iridescent lilac blue with a thin black border. Females are brown with a row of red spots along the edges. They usually have some blue at the base of the wings and quite often, especially in Ireland and Scotland, are mostly blue but always have the red spots. Undersides have a greyish ground colour in the males and more brownish in the females. Both sexes have a row of red spots along the edge of the hindwings (extending onto the forewings though generally fainter, particularly in the males where they are sometimes missing altogether). There are about a dozen black centered white spots on the hind wings, nine on the forwings. The white fringe on the outer edge of the wings is not crossed with black lines as it is in the Chalkhill and Adonis Blues, an important difference when separating these species, particularly the females. It is Britains (and probably Europe's) commonest and most widespread blue, Found as far north as Orkney and on most of the Outer Hebrides. Males are often very obvious as they defend territories against rivals and search out the more reclusive females. A range of grassland habitats are used: meadows, coastal dunes, woodland clearings and also many man made habitats, anywhere where their foodplans are found. It is Widespread in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. Lifecycle and foodplants The Main foodplant on most sites is Birds-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Others used include Black Medick Medicago lupulina, Common Restharrow Ononis repens, White Clover Trifolium repens and Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium. Eggs are laid singly on young shoots of their foodplants. The caterpillar is small, pale green with yellow stripes and as usual with lycid larvae rather sluglike. Hibernation occurs as a half grown larvae. They are attractive to ants but not as much as some other species of blues. The chrysalis is olive green/brown and formed on the ground where it is attended by ants which will often take it into their nests. In the south of Britain there are two broods a year flying in May and June and again in August and September. Northern England has one brood flying between june and September. In a long warm year there is sometimes a partial third brood in the south flying into October. The German Entry is more detailed: Der Hauhechel-Bläuling (Polyommatus icarus) ist ein Schmetterling (Tagfalter) aus der Familie der Bläulinge (Lycaenidae). Innerhalb seiner Familie stellt er die häufigste und verbreitetste Art dar und wird daher auch als Gemeiner Bläuling bezeichnet. Der Hauhechel-Bläuling ist 25 bis 30 Millimeter lang. Auch bei dieser Art findet man den bei Schmetterlingen häufigen Geschlechtsdimorphismus, das heißt Männchen und Weibchen zeigen unterschiedliche Phänotypen. Während das Männchen oberseits durch ein kräftiges leicht ins Violett gehende Blau ausgezeichnet ist, trägt das Weibchen ein unauffälligeres Braun mit variablem Blauanteil zur Schau. Der Falter fliegt von Ende April bis September. Unter mitteleuropäischen Klimabedingungen bilden sich zwei, seltener drei Generationen aus (z. B. Oberrheinebene). Der Lebensraum von Polyommatus icarus reicht von feuchten bis zu trockenen Standorten und liegt vor allem im offenen Bereich. Dazu gehören unter anderem blütenreiche, nicht überdüngte Glatthaferwiesen an Böschungen, Dämmen und in der Feldflur. Als Feuchtstandorte kommen Kohldiestel- und Flachmoorwiesen in Betracht1. Beobachtungen zur Eiablage von Polyommatus icarus sind äußerst spärlich. Die Eier werden u. a. an jungen noch nicht blühenden Pflanzen von Gewöhnlichem Hornklee (Lotus corniculatus) zwischen den obersten Blättern abgelegt. Daneben erlangen auch andere Eiablagepflanzen größere Bedeutung. Die Raupen sind grün, mit Borsten besetzt und bis zu 13 Millimeter lang. Die Form ist gedrungen, zum Hinterende hin verschmälert sie sich. Die Überwinterung erfolgt im Raupenstadium. Bei der Nahrungssuche besuchen die Falter am häufigsten die wichtigste Eiablagepflanze, den Horn-Klee. Er besiedelt ganz Europa, Nordafrika und Asien, in den Alpen steigt er bis zu einer Höhe von 2.000 Metern. |
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