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Mazarine Blue

Cyaniris semiargus

Checklist Number
61.017 [B&F: 1578]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Lycaenidae
Subfamily:Polyommatinae
Genus:Cyaniris
Species:semiargus
Authority:(Rottemburg, 1775)

Locally common, in flower meadows, farmland, scrub and woodland clearings; 0-2200 m throughout much of mainland Europe and Fennoscandia. In Britain, formerly widespread in southern England, but not seen reliably since the end of the 19th Century. Wingspan 28-34 mm. Larva feeds on Red Clover.