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Phengaris
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Phengaris

Phengaris is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies in the subfamily Polyommatinae. Commonly, these butterflies are called large blues, which if referring to a particular species is P. arion, a species resident in Europe and some parts of Asia.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Large Blue

speciesPhengaris arion

Dusky Large Blue

speciesPhengaris nausithous

Alcon Large Blue

speciesPhengaris alcon

Scarce Large Blue

speciesPhengaris teleius

Greater large blue

speciesPhengaris arionides

Great Spotted Blue

speciesPhengaris atroguttata

Phengaris cyanecula

speciesPhengaris cyanecula

Phengaris kurentzovi

speciesPhengaris kurentzovi

Phengaris daitozana

speciesPhengaris daitozana

Phengaris xiushani

speciesPhengaris xiushani

Phengaris albida

speciesPhengaris albida

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91003.