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Short-tailed Blue
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Vaud,
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Geneve, Switzerland, July 2006 |
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Vaud, Switzerland, August 2006 Female |
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Short Tailed
Blue Distribution: Northern Spain, France and eastwards to Greece and the Balkans including most of Italy. Identification: Can be confused with the other Short Tailed Blues plus the Small Blues. See identification tips under Provencal Short Tailed Blue, Everes alcetas. Male has blue upperside, female mostly brown with often extensive areas of blue towards the basal areas. Flight time: Typically double brooded flying in spring (end of April to June) and then in summer (July and August). Habitat: Grassy flowery places, possibly with light scrub or the edge of woodland. Feeds on various Lotus and Medicago species plus Coronilla varia and Trifolium pratense - possibly other plants too. Behaviour: Often flies low and inconspicuously amongst sparse areas of vegetation. Additional notes: A delicate butterfly. The orange patches on the underside are a very useful identification aid. |
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Geneve,
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Geneve, Switzerland, July 2006 Two eggs were also laid in the flower head, visible as two white marks. |
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Macedonia, Greece, July 2004 Orange on underside hindwing separates it from E. alcetas and decoloratus |
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Cluj, Romania, June 2006 |
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Geneve, Switzerland, July 2006 |
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Vaud,
Switzerland, July 2008 - the factory carpark - just before its extension
and destruction of the newly found Short Tailed Blue colony. |
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Valais,
Switzerland, September 2007 |
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Sloveknsky Kras, Slovakia, July 2001 |
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SE Pyrenees, Spain, August 2003 |
