Biodiversity of Cyprus by NGO Protection of the Natural Heritage and the Biodiversity of Cyprus

The rich and rare biodiversity in Cyprus. The Cyprus biodiversity includes 1908 plants, 780 seashells, 250 fishes, more than 7.000 insects, 410 birds including migratory, 31 mammals, 9 snakes, 11 lizards,three amphibians, 120 land snails, fungi estimated 5-8 thousandand and three turtles.These numbers continually increase as a result of researc. Also see All about Cyprus. From George Konstantinou. Email - fanigeorge@hotmail.com - Το υλικό της ιστοσελίδας αποτελεί πνευματική ιδιοκτησία.

Thursday 16 July 2015

Peablue, pea blue, or long-tailed blue - Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Cyprus

See also - List of butterflys of Cyprus - Λίστα των πεταλούδων της Κύπρου

Family: Lycaenidae

The peablue, pea blue, or long-tailed blue (Lampides boeticus) is a small butterfly found in Cyprus, Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 24–34 mm for females.

The larvae feed on flowers, seeds and pods of many Fabaceae species, including Medicago, Crotalaria, Polygala, Sutherlandia, Dolichos,Cytisus, Spartium and Lathyrus species.It has also been recorded on Crotolaria pallida

In Australia, the larvae are occasionally attended by ants in the genera Froggattella, Iridomyrmex or Camponotus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos Ncosia 16/7/2015 by George Konstantinou