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Agrodiaetus ripartii

Ripart's Anomalous Blue

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Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

 

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

 

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

 

This species has a rather patch distribution across southern Europe and in Slovakia. It flies in hot dry grassy places where it will search out flowers for nectar. It has a conspicuous white stripe on the underside hindwing in the subspecies ripartii which is found in western Europe. This stripe is reduced in its eastern range, including Greece. This constitutes the subspecies pelopi which used to be considered a separate species, the Chestnut Anomalous Blue. As with all members of this group of blues the exact species/ subspecies relationship is hotly debated.

 

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