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Long-tailed Blue
Pea-pod Argus
Pea Blue
Canela Estriada
Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 789, TL: Algeria
Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 526, TL: Java
Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775; , TL: Australia
Lycaena leguminis Scott, 1890; (unavailable syn)
Papilio coluteae Fuessly, 1775; Verz. bekannt. schweiz. Ins.: 31, f. 2, TL: Switzerland
Papilio archias Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 129, pl. 181, f. C., TL: Surinam
Papilio pisorum Fourcroy, 1785; Ent. Paris. 2: 242, TL: France
Papilio boetica Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 280
Lampides armeniensis Gerhard, 1882; Berl. ent. Zs. 26 (1) : 125-126
Polyommatus bagus Distant, 1886; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (102) : 532, TL: Malay Peninsula
Lampides grisescens Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 335
Lampides caerulea Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides caeruleafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides clara Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides clarafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides coerulea Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides ab. fasciata Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides fusca Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides ab. fuscafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides typicamarginata Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 336
Lampides ab. major Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 337
Lampides minor Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 337
Lampides typicafasciata Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 337
Lampides ab. albovittata Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 156
Lampides ab. ecaudata Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 157
Polyommatus yanagawensis Hori, 1923; Ins. World 27: 233, TL: Japan
Lampides obsoleta Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (2): 351, TL: Andamans
Lampides fusca de Sagarra, 1926; Bull. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 6: 136
Lycaena ab. minor Pionneau, 1928; Misc. Ent. 31 (5): 50
Lampides infuscata Querci, 1932; Treb. Mus. Cienc. nat. Barcelona: 166
Lampides ab. kawachensis Hirose, 1933; Trans. Kansai ent. Soc. 2: 36, f. 4, TL: Nagase-mura, Kawachi
Lampides anamariae Gómez Bustillo, 1973; Revta Lep. 1 (1-2): 30
Lampides boeticus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lampides boeticus, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lampides boeticus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Lampides boeticus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Lampides boeticus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Lampides boeticus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Polyommatus boeticus ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 138
Lycaena boetica ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 387
Lampides boeticus ; [BIR, 289]; [BARU, #352]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 9, f. 34]; [BNA, 393, pl. 35, 64, f. 385]; [BK: 225, pl. 23, f. 309]; [MRS, 673]; [BMAT: 30, pl. 10, f. 22-27]; [BAFR, 541]; [BAUR, 359]; [BRU2: 137, pl. 62, f. 7-9]; [MadL]; [NL4A, #1069]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]
damoetas ; [BRU2, 137 (missp.)]
Lampides boeticus ; [BMP: 249, pl. 57-58]
402x450 (~34Kb) underside Axat, Pyrenees orientales 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes
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512x498 (~42Kb) underside Tenerife, San Andrés, April 97, Photo © Simon Coombes
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600x435 (~34Kb) upperside Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier
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600x435 (~33Kb) underside Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier
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1030x749 (~87Kb) underside male female Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a ruderal place and tree stand along behind the chain of hotels along the Jomtien Beach 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Leguminosae,
Colutea,
(in seed pods) [H&R]
Larva on
(flowers, beans or seeds) Crotalaria,
Sutherlandia,
Dolichos,
Ulex,
Cytisus,
Colutea,
Spartium,
Lathyrus [PBSA],
Crotalaria anagyroides [BMP],
Dolichos lablab,
Pisum sativum,
Vicia faba,
Crotalaria sessilifolia,
C. pallida,
Canavalia lineata,
Dunbaria rotundifolia,
Pueraria lobata,
P. montana [MRS],
Cytisus battandieri,
Dolichos lablab,
Phaseolus vulgaris,
P. multiflorus,
Cajanus indicus,
Spartium junceum,
Onobrychis peduncularis,
Lotus maroccanus,
Trifolium angustifolium,
Cytisus megalanthus,
Helianthemum helianthemoides,
Colutea arborescens,
Medicago sativa,
Cytisus scoparius,
Ulex nanus [BMAT],
Pisum,
Phaseolus,
Cicer,
Medicago,
Alhagi,
Colutea persica C. paulsenii,
Astragalus spp. [BRU2, 137]
Larva on
Chamaecytisus prolifer,
Clianthus formosus,
Crotalaria alata,
Crotalaria cunninghamii,
C. mucronata,
C. pallida,
Dolichos spp.,
Kennedia prostrata,
Lathyrus odoratus,
Lotus australis,
Lupinus sp.,
Phaseolus vulgaris,
Pisum sativum,
Psoralea patens,
Sesbania cannabina,
Swainsona spp.,
Vicia faba,
V. sativa,
Virgilia oroboides K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.