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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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    Brown hairstreak (Thecla betulae) Loxura atymnusLycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, [1] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Arhopala amantes - Wikipedia

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    Arhopala amantes, the large oakblue, [1] [2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. [1] [2] [3]Arhopala amantes is the largest lycaenid. It is surprisingly inconspicuous on the wing despite the brilliant metallic blue markings on its upperside.

  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.