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Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Classification

Class
Insecta

The common blue butterfly or European common blue (Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings.

Distribution

Sander Pieterse · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 81,537United Kingdom · 48,372Germany · 35,589Belgium · 1,777Luxembourg · 977FranceItalySpainSwitzerland