UK Butterflies
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Wingspan
26 - 34 mm
Checklist Number
61.009
A single specimen of this species was a male caught on the edge of an uncut clover field at Bloxworth in Dorset on 13th June 1938. This species is known to migrate and this specimen is believed to have arrived with a general influx of immigrants on the south coast of England.
| Family: | Lycaenidae | Leach, 1815 |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae | Swainson, 1827 |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini | Swainson, 1827 |
| Genus: | Leptotes | Scudder, 1876 |
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| Species: | pirithous | (Linnaeus, 1767) |
Description to be completed.
This species is a rare migrant to Britain and/or Ireland.
| 1.2 Rare Migrant |
Description to be completed.
No conservation action is relevant for this species.
Description to be completed.
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