Save Our Species by Dominic Couzens

Save Our Species by Dominic Couzens

Author:Dominic Couzens [Couzens, Dominic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2021-10-15T00:00:00+00:00


Large Blue

Phengaris arion

FACT FILE

DISTRIBUTION

Well-drained unimproved grassland, of chalk, in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire. Flies late June and throughout July.

CURRENT STATUS

Critically Endangered (UK). Near Threatened (IUCN). Endangered (Europe). Priority Biodiversity Action Plan species. Fully protected.

PAST AND CURRENT POPULATIONS

Small then zero in 1979. Reintroduced 1983/4 and now a few thousand.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES

Wingspan male 38–48mm, female 42–52mm. Vivid blue upperside with black edges and a half-ring of black spots on forewing.



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