Lang's Short-tailed Blue

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 15,217iNaturalist observations
• threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• ✈️No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
• 🌍15,217 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Lang's Short-tailed Blue

Nederlands

Klein tijgerblauwtje

scientific name

Leptotes pirithous

class

Insecta

order

Lepidoptera

family

Lycaenidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

0

sightings in Europe

12,377

sightings worldwide

15,217

GBIF records in NL

0

weight

—

length

—

lifespan

—

named

1767

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.