#3006 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Northern Blue

🇳🇱 Vals heideblauwtje ·Plebejus idas

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Antoine Thivolle · CC BY 4.0
2. © Jean-Pierre Moussus · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Liz Osborn · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Alger County, US-MI, US:© contrarianvulgarian · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Yukon, Canada:© Chia⚡aka Cory Chiappone · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Provincia di Chieti, Italia:© Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Provincia di Forlì-Cesena, Italia:© Giuseppe Molinari · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hard, Österreich:© Inge Biller · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Plebejus idas , the Idas blue or northern blue , is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,565iNaturalist 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.
10,565 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).