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    alcon) Phengaris sensu stricto Phengaris daitozana (Wileman, 1908) Phengaris albida (Leech, 1893) Phengaris atroguttata – great spotted blue Phengaris xiushani...
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    species (Gentiana pneumonanthe in the case of Phengaris alcon and Gentiana cruciata in the case of Phengaris rebeli). The species can be seen flying in mid-...
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    Large blue (redirect from Phengaris arion)
    blue butterfly are speckled with black dots.[citation needed] Phengaris arion ♂ Phengaris arion ♂ △ Gynandromorph L. arion L. (83 c). Larger, above of...
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    kondakovi. Phengaris rebeli rebeli (Hirschke, 1904) Central and Southern Europe Phengaris rebeli cordidula (Jachontov, [1909]) Caucasus Major Phengaris rebeli...
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    media related to Phengaris albida. Wikispecies has information related to Phengaris albida. Notes on and key to the genus Phengaris (s. str.) (Lepidoptera...
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  • Entertainment, a production company Alcón, a surname Phengaris alcon, a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae Phengaris alcon arenaria, a subspecies of the above Conservative...
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    Phengaris nausithous ♂ Phengaris nausithous ♂ △ Scarce large blue Phengaris teleius Mountain Alcon blue Phengaris rebeli Alcon large blue Phengaris alcon...
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    meadows, at an altitude of 200–1,600 metres (660–5,250 ft) above sea level. Phengaris rebeli is an endangered butterfly which feeds upon G. cruciata. Female...
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    media related to Phengaris xiushani. Wikispecies has information related to Phengaris xiushani. Notes on and key to the genus Phengaris (s. str.) (Lepidoptera...
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  • The Dutch alcon blue (Phengaris alcon arenaria) was a subspecies of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon). There is not much known about this subspecies...
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    these larvae and they in turn gather honeydew secretions. Large blue (Phengaris arion) caterpillars trick Myrmica ants into taking them back to the ant...
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    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...
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    are indistinguishable to the ant. Larvae of the mountain Alcon blue, Phengaris rebeli, similarly mimic Myrmica ants and feed on their brood. The parasitoid...
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    xerces (extinct) – Xerces blue Icaricia icarioides fenderi – Fender's blue Phengaris arion – large blue Polyommatus icarus – common blue Pseudozizeeria maha...
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    Fibularhizoctonia can be parasitic or mutualistic. The large blue butterfly, Phengaris arion (formerly Maculinea arion), exhibits a unique parasitic relationship...
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    rare. Phengaris atroguttata atroguttata northwest India, west China and Taiwan Phengaris atroguttata juenana (Forster, 1940) Yunnan Phengaris atroguttata...
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  • dispar (England, 1864) Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius burdigalensis (France) Dutch Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon arenaria (Netherlands, 1979) Prehistoric...
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    carnivorous, and others are even parasitic. Some lycaenid species such as Phengaris rebeli are social parasites of Myrmica ant nests. A species of Geometridae...
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    open location with diverse plant associations. The large blue butterfly Phengaris arion is much more specific in its requirements; it is found only in chalk...
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    The greater large blue (Phengaris arionides) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Northeast China, Japan, and the Russian...
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    food. Another example of a brood parasite is Phengaris butterflies such as Phengaris rebeli and Phengaris arion, which differ from the cuckoo in that the...
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    most colonies are polygynous. Caterpillars of the large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) parasitically prey on this ant. The caterpillar hatches on wild...
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    officinalis is an important food plant for the European large blue butterflies Phengaris nausithous and P. teleius. Use is made of its extensive root system for...
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    termites, and bumblebees. Examples include the large blue butterfly, Phengaris arion, its larvae employing ant mimicry to parasitise certain ants, Bombus...
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    the commoner of the two.[citation needed] The larvae of the butterflies Phengaris alcon (Alcon blue) and P. teleius (scarce large blue) use M. rubra as...
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    found in marshes and moorlands. It is the host-plant of the Alcon blue (Phengaris alcon). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gentiana pneumonanthe....
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    different mechanism is chemical mimicry, as seen in the parasitic butterfly Phengaris rebeli, which parasitizes the ant species Myrmica schencki by releasing...
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  • Alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris rebeli). The life cycle of I. eumerus is dependent on a butterfly, the mountain Alcon blue (Phengaris rebeli), the larvae...
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    fungus Rickia wasmannii. Phengaris caterpillars are primary threats of M. scabrinodis with specific species such as Phengaris arion developing a predatory...
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    1942. Dutch alcon blue Phengaris alcon arenaria Utrecht and Holland, Netherlands Last recorded in 1980. British large blue Phengaris arion eutyphron Southern...
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