Scarce large blue

Scarce large blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Phengaris
Species:
P. teleius
Binomial name
Phengaris teleius
Distribution map
Synonyms
  • Glaucopsyche teleius
  • Maculinea teleius (Bergsträsser, 1779)
  • Papilio teleius Bergsträsser, [1779]
  • Papilio diomedes Rottemburg, 1775 (preocc.)
  • Papilio telegonus Bergsträsser, [1779]
  • Papilio arctophylas Bergsträsser, [1779]
  • Papilio arctophonus Bergsträsser, [1779]
  • Papilio euphemus Hübner, 1800
  • Lycaena obscurata Staudinger, 1887
  • Lycaena splendens Kohzantshikov, 1924
  • Maculinea teleius Verity, 1943: 144
  • Maculinea beleius [sic], D'Abrera, 1993
  • Phengaris teleius (Bergsträsser), Fric et al., 2007

The scarce large blue (Phengaris teleius) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, northern Serbia,[2] Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine and East across the Palearctic to Japan. The species was first described by Johann Andreas Benignus Bergsträsser in 1779.

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Phengaris teleius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12664A3372399. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12664A3372399.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Popović, M. et al. (2014). "Distribution and threats of Phengaris teleius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in northern Serbia". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 60 (2): 173-183.