Lampides
Lampides boeticus
Long-tailed Blue, Pea Blue
Andrew V. Z. Brower
Introduction
A widespread Old World tailed blue species, ranging from Europe throughout Africa and Asia to Hawaii. The larvae feed on legumes and can be crop pests.Other Names for Lampides boeticus
- Lampides
- Cosmolyce
- Lampidella
- Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Blue, Pea Blue
References
Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.
Lees, D. C., Kremen, C. & Raharitsimba, T. 2003 Classification, diversity and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist. In The Natural History of Madagascar (ed. S. M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead), pp. 762-793. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Lohman, D. J., D. Peggie, N. E. Pierce, and R. Meier. 2008. Phylogeography and genetic diversity of a widespread Old World butterfly, Lampides boeticus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:301. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-301
Parsons, M. 1989 Taxonomic studies in New Guinea and Solomons Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera), and discovery of abdominal scent organs in the females of various Nymphalinae genera. Bishop Mus. Occas. Papers 29, 174-192.
Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R. 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343, 1-267.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Lampides boeticus |
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| Location | Montoliu de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Lampides boeticus |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Ferran Turmo Gort |
| Scientific Name | Lampides boeticus |
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| Location | Amor, Leiria, Portugal |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Carlos Franquinho |
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