#3067 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Chequered Blue

🇳🇱 Vetkruidblauwtje ·Scolitantides orion

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

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

1. © Gianfranco CARIGNANO · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Michele Moroni · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
4. © Sakern | 永隔一江水 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
7. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Scolitantides orion , the chequered blue , belongs to the Lycaenidae family (gossamer-winged butterflies). It is found in Europe, Russia and east across the Palearctic to Japan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,495iNaturalist 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.
3,495 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 (255 years ago).