Lampides boeticus
Big Wanderbläuling ( Lampides boeticus )
The Great Wanderbläuling ( Lampides boeticus ) or long-tailed Bluebird is a butterfly ( butterfly ) of the family Lycaenidae ( Lycaenidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The moths reach a wingspan of about 28 to 35 millimeters. Characteristic of the style are thin tail on Analwinkel of the hind wings. The upper wing of the males are slightly bluish to gray- blue, sometimes with a slightly purple tinge, while the females in the infield of the fore wings have a pale blue color that merges into a gray tint to the outside. The hind wings show on the tops of the Analwinkel two black, white edged ocelli, one of which is often very indistinct and blurred. On the gray hindwing undersides, there is a net-like, bright drawing, which merges into the Submarginalregion to a white napkin. At the base of the tail, an orange stain is visible.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa
The egg is small, yellow-colored white and shows a fine mesh grid structure with many small hills. When the caterpillar green or brownish-colored specimens are found. They have a dark, sometimes patchily extended topline and indistinct white slashes. The doll has a reddish-yellow color, of the stand out some brown spots.
Similar Species
- Small Wanderbläuling ( Leptotes pirithous ). As the name suggests, the moths are, with a wingspan of about 24 to 27 millimeters significantly smaller. Main distinguishing feature is the lack of the white band on the hindwing underside. The zebra -like striped pattern of sub-pages at pirithous seems easily to the front.
Dissemination
The species occurs in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, the Canary Islands, North Africa, and sub-tropical steppe-like areas in the Asian region as well as to the tropics of Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia before. As a migrant butterfly, she flies to Germany and sometimes can even reach the British Isles. The animals living in hot, dry, flowery places.
Way of life
The Great Wanderbläuling flies in southern regions in an unbroken succession of generations. The caterpillars live due to the widespread use of different, partly country-specific plants to which various legumes ( Fabaceae ), for example, also include the following: Yellow bubble bush ( Colutea arborescens ) and Scotch broom ( Cytisus scoparius ). They feed primarily on the flowers and seed pods in which they live also preferred. Occasionally they may in peas ( Pisum sativum ) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are harmful.
Threats and conservation
The species is not native to Germany. Nevertheless, they appear to deal with major intervals occasionally in Germany.