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2. Large blue - Wikipedia

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   The large blue can be distinguished by its unique speckled black dots on its wings with a blue background. The large blue butterfly is well known in behavioural ecology as it is a brood parasite of a single species of red ant, Myrmica sabuleti. [2] The discovery was made by Captain Edward Bagwell Purefoy along with F. W. Frohawk and others.

3. Phengaris alcon - Wikipedia

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   Phengaris alcon, the Alcon blue or Alcon large blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae and is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Mongolia. Seitz 83a Description from Seitz

4. Lycaenidae - Wikipedia

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   The adult butterfly emerges from the pupa after three to four weeks, still inside the ant nest. The butterfly must crawl out of the ant nest before it can expand its wings. Several evolutionary adaptations enable these associations, including small glands on the skin of the caterpillars called "pore cupola organs".

5. Phengaris rebeli - Wikipedia

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   Phengaris rebeli (formerly Maculinea rebeli), common name mountain Alcon blue, [1] is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It was first found and described in Styria, Austria, on Mount Hochschwab around 1700. [2]

6. Myrmica sabuleti - Wikipedia

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   Caterpillars of the large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) parasitically prey on this ant. The caterpillar hatches on wild thyme buds and then at the fourth-instar stage tricks the ants into believing it is one of their own larvae. The worker ants then carry the caterpillar to their nest, where it feeds on the ant grubs for 10 months before ...

7. Phengaris - Wikipedia

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   Phengaris is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies in the subfamily Polyommatinae.Commonly, these butterflies are called large blues, which if referring to a particular species is P. arion, a species resident in Europe and some parts of Asia.