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Provencal Chalk Hill Blue

Lysandra hispana

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

A blue butterfly with dark spots & yellow marks.

Habitat:

Spotted at mediterranean pine mountain area, La Mussara, Catalonia.
Is a southerly species with a largely Mediterranean distribution in Spain, France and Italy.

Notes:

Similar to the chalk hill blue, coridon, from which it may be indistinguishable when they fly together in the summer and autumn.

Reference Links:

lepinet.fr - Polyommatus hispana - Le Bleu-nacré espagnol (Lysandra hispana)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
JordiPrats
For some reasons I cannot update it from my phone, so will try tomorrow from my computer, thanks again.
SukanyaDatta
I think Daniele is correct. Check this link:http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/index.php?id=31370
DanielePralong
Possibly a Provencal Chalk Hill Blue (Lysandra hispana), itself very similar to a regular Chalk Hill Blue (coridon). Reclassified as Polyommatus hispanus and in 2017 back again to Lysandra. Till next change! http://www.eurobutterflies.com/sp/hispana.php Whichever it is it'll be on Matt's site.
Zlatan Celebic
I believe Polyommatus genus... maybe icarus? or escheri?

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PublishedFebruary 8, 2018

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