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Long Tailed Blue
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Valais,
Switzerland, September 2007 |
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Var, France,
July 2009 |
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Madrid, Spain,
May 2009 |
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S Greece, July
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Andalusia, Spain, October 2005 |
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Long Tailed
Blue Distribution: North Africa and Mediterranean Europe. Strongly migratory, it reaches northwards to N Germany. Occasionally reaching S England. Identification: A long tail on the hindwing separates this spices from most of the other blues. The uniform underside ground colour and a strong white submarginal streak differentiate it from the only butterfly with which it may normally be confused - the Lang's Short Tailed Blue, Leptotes pirithous. In flight it looks steely grey rather than typical blue. Flight time: Most of the year in the most southerly climes, migrating northwards as the season progresses. Habitat: Diverse. Typically hot to very hot flowery places. Larvae feed on the flowers and pods of various pea plants (Leguminosae). Behaviour: Often found flying very rapidly around stands of pea plants. In these circumstances it can be quite numerous. Additional notes: It very very occasionally reaches the UK where I am proud to say we found one in the summer of 1998. |
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Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003 |
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Crete, June 2004 |
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Crete, June
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Cyprus, April 2002 |
