Dusky large blue

Phengaris nausithous

The dusky large blue is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
Dusky Large Blue A very rare butterfly, There's just ONE place to find them in the Netherlands, and that's in the Limburg province. Dusky large blue,Phengaris nausithous

Food

The life cycle of this species is strongly related to the herbaceous plant ''Sanguisorba officinalis''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusPhengaris
SpeciesP. nausithous
Photographed in
Netherlands