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Thursday 16 July 2015

Persian grass blue - Luthrodes (Chilades) galba (Lederer, 1855) - Cyprus


Family: Lycaenidae
Chilades galba is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern Turkey, central and eastern Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,the Caucasus and Cyprus.
The larvae feed on Prosopis stephanianaLagonychium farctumAcacia leucophloaAcacia campbeli and Lagonichium farctum. They are associated with the ant species Monomorium gracillium.
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 Photos Ncosia 16/7/2015 by George Konstantinou



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