#2986 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Adonis Blue

🇳🇱 Adonisblauwtje ·Polyommatus bellargus

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pavel Gorbunov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © riccardomissagia · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Anne Sorbes · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Anne Sorbes · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Adonis blue ( Polyommatus bellargus ) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone (Western Europe, Central Europe, South Europe, South Russia, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,677iNaturalist observations

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).