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Brun Blåfugl
(Eumedonia eumedon)
Esper (1780)
Blåfugle (Lycaenidae)
GEAR
24867
Geranium Argus (gb)
Morena Rayada (es)
Brun Blåvinge (se)
Synonyms: [Aricia eumedon] Chokoladebrun Blåfugl (dk) Stregblåfugl (dk) Storkenæbblåfugl (dk)
Subspecies
eumedon W and S Europe, Europe, Caucasus Minor, Armenia (highland), Talysh, Kopet-Dagh, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai, Sayan, W.Siberia, Transbaikalia
arenicola Burrau (1953) - SE Skåne, Sweden. Clears spots below and gray-yellow to gray-red base color.
borealis Wahlgren (1930) - N Europe.
sundalensis Opheim (1945) - Norway. Broad white wedge on hindwing.
praticola Burrau (1953) - Öland and Gotland, Sweden. Clear spots and orange band on hindwing below.
timida Grum-Grshimailo (1885) - Alai Darvaz.
ambigua Staudinger (1899) - Ghissar, Inner Tian-Shan, W.Tian-Shan.
antiqua Staudinger (1899) - Fergana.
sarykola Sheljuzhko (1914) - Pamirs.
glaciata Verity (1921) - ?
nebrodensis Ragusa (1919) - Sicily.
stauderi Bollow (1931) - Szechuan.
mylitta Hemming (1932) - Lebanon.
nitschei Hemming (1933) - ?
modestus Nekrutenko (1972) - Caucasus Major.
montriensis Nel (1976) - France.
rumeliensis Eitschberger & Steiniger (1975) - Bulgaria.
jeanensis Eitschberger & Steiniger (1975) - NE Turkey.
moenus Eitschberger & Steiniger (1975) - Germany.
mayencis Eitschberger & Steiniger (1975) - Germany.
grassoides Eitschberger & Steiniger (1975) - Alpes Maritimes.
mariensis Eitschberger & Steiniger (1975) - S Spain (Almeria).
aladaghensis Koçak (1979) - S Turkey.
fylgida Gorbunov (1995) - Far East, Kamchatka.
albica Dubatolov (1997) - Amur, Ussuri.
axarquia Gil-T. ( 2004) - S.Spain (Granada).
rondensis Gil-T. & Moreno-Benitez (2012) - Spain.
bercelemensis Schurian, Castelain & Weiss (2014) - Turkey.
Measurements:
WS: 28-30mm
Generations:
1
Flight period:
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Identification:
Both sexes are uniformly dark chocolate brown above with a broad contrasting white border. And the female has a few diffuse orange spots near the corner of the hindwing. The underside is dark beige-brown with a diffuse coloration. This being mainly a typical submarginal band with orange spots on the hindwing and a a row of black white encircled spots within this band and a long white wedge running from the middle of the band to the white and black discal spot. Can vary in width and rarely be missing. Diffuse green-blue powdering can be present close to the body.
The combination of the upper- and underside should make it unique in the Nordic region.
The combination of the upper- and underside should make it unique in the Nordic region.
Distribution:
Spain, France, E Europe, central part of Scandinavian peninsula, Turkey, Urals, Mongolia to Altai region.
Habitat:
Moist and dry grassy fields near forest edges.
Behavior:
Flying short stretches only and favor being near the host plants. Also likes to congregate
Status:
Accidental in Denmark, Jylland 1997. Scarce in the central region of the other Nordic countries.
Host plants:
N Europe:
Blodrød Storkenæb (Geranium sanguineum) [Bloody Crane's-bill ~ Aguja Sangrienta ~ Blodnäva]
Skov-Storkenæb (Geranium sylvaticum) [Wood Cranesbill ~ Skogsnäva]
C Europe:
Blodrød Storkenæb (Geranium sanguineum) [Bloody Crane's-bill ~ Aguja Sangrienta ~ Blodnäva]
Skov-Storkenæb (Geranium sylvaticum) [Wood Cranesbill ~ Skogsnäva]
C Europe:
Subspecies from danske-natur.dk