Lampides boeticus

Long-tailed pea-blue
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lampides
Species:	L. boeticus
Binomial name
Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 Papilio damoetes Fabricius, 1775 Lycaena leguminis Scott, 1890 (unavailable syn) Papilio coluteae Fuessly, 1775 Papilio archias Cramer, [1777] Papilio pisorum Fourcroy, 1785 Papilio boetica Fabricius, 1793 Lampides armeniensis Gerhard, 1882 Polyommatus bagus Distant, 1886 Lampides grisescens Tutt, [1907] Lampides caerulea Tutt, [1907] Lampides caeruleafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides clara Tutt, [1907] Lampides clarafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides coerulea Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. fasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides fusca Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. fuscafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides typicamarginata Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. major Tutt, [1907] Lampides minor Tutt, [1907] Lampides typicafasciata Tutt, [1907] Lampides ab. albovittata Oberthür, 1910 Lampides ab. ecaudata Oberthür, 1910 Polyommatus yanagawensis Hori, 1923 Lampides obsoleta Evans, [1925] Lampides fusca de Sagarra, 1926 Lycaena ab. minor Pionneau, 1928 Lampides infuscata Querci, 1932 Lampides ab. kawachensis Hirose, 1933 Lampides anamariae Gómez Bustillo, 1973 Lampides boeticus f. michaeli Kroon, 1980

Lampides boeticus, the peablue, pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family.

The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 24–34 mm for females.

Ecology

The larvae feed on flowers, seeds and pods of many Fabaceae species, including Medicago, Crotalaria, Polygala, Sutherlandia, Dolichos, Cytisus, Spartium and Lathyrus species.^[1] It has also been recorded on Crotolaria pallida.^[2]

In Australia, the larvae are occasionally attended by ants in the genera Froggattella, Iridomyrmex or Camponotus.^[3]

Gallery

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  In Hyderabad, India

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  On Eupatorium odoratum at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India

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See also

• List of butterflies of Australia
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
• List of butterflies of Menorca

References

1. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
2. Kunte, K. 2006. Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian butterflies. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 103(1):119-121
3. Braby, Michael F. (2004). The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0643090274.

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
• Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

External links

• Photos preimaginal stages of Lampides boeticus
• Photos of butterflies of Spain
• Asahi Correctly determined photos of L. boeticus from the Philippines