False Baton Blue

Pseudophilotes abencerragus

''Pseudophilotes abencerragus'', the False Baton Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on ''Cleonia lusitanica'', ''Thymus vulgaris'', ''Medicago cf. turbinata'', ''Medicago hispidus'', ''Thymus cf. hirtus'', ''Salvia taraxacifolia'' and ''Thymus fontanesii''.
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Naming

*''Pseudophilotes abencerragus abencerragus''
⤷ ''Pseudophilotes abencerragus felix'' Manil, 2006
⤷ ''Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus''

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusPseudophilotes
SpeciesP. abencerragus
Photographed in
Israel
Portugal