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Agrodiaetus dolus

Furry Blue

Field Notes

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

The only male I found with a decent white stripe.

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

Close up of female above.

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

This is the more widespread of two very similar species of Agrodiaetus. Its very close relative is the Foster's Furry Blue, A. ainsae. Refer to that page for more information on identification. The current species flies in two regions of northern Spain, in southern France and central Italy. There is a converging movement suggesting the subspecies virgilius found in Italy is a separate species. The males are usually illustrated as having a white stripe on the underside hindwing. I didn't find this to be common at all in the butterflies I found in northern Spain in 2003. Infact I only found one with anything like a well developed stripe. The rest had faint images of the stripe or even lacked it entirely. The uppersides however are of unmistakable pale blue.

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