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Agrodiaetus fabressei

Oberthur's Anomalous Blue

Field Notes

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

Note long but faint and ill-defined white streak along vein 4 of hindwing.

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

A female - no "furry" scent scales on upperside forewing.

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

Female egg laying on the larval food plant Sainfoin (Onobrychis sp.).

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

This is a member of the Anomalous Blues, a group in which the males are all brown rather than the more typical blue of this family. It is closely similar to A. agenjoi. That species has a much shorter faint line on the hind wing. There is a discussion of the differences on the species page for of agenjoi.

It is common throughout the Montes Universales and often abundant. We were probably a week late or the peak emergence in early August but there were still plenty of good individuals about.

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