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large blue Maculinea arion once upon a time in the meadow near our house. Unfortunately the year after they started spraying to plant corn. Large blue,Maculinea arion,Phengaris arion,phengaris arion,red list Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

large blue Maculinea arion

once upon a time in the meadow near our house. Unfortunately the year after they started spraying to plant corn.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Another rare one. So sorry to hear about the pesticides making such a negative impact. This problem is huge in the Netherlands as well. Posted 9 years ago

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The Large blue

The large blue is species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. Currently large blue is classified as "Near Threatened" on the IUCN red list of threatened species. Today "P. arion" can be found in Europe, the Caucasus, Armenia, West Siberia, Altai, North-West Kazakhstan and Sichuan.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Annette Flottwell
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By Annette Flottwell

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Uploaded Dec 1, 2015. Captured Jul 17, 2012 20:46.
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  • NIKON D3X
  • f/8.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm