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Holarctic Azures

Celastrina

Holarctic Azures are small, beautiful butterflies that flit around gardens and meadows. Their lovely blue wings can make them look like little pieces of the sky!

Lebensraum: Forests and meadows

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The Holarctic Azures has iridescent blue wings, often with dusky borders, and a white or pale grey underside sometimes marked with faint spots. This vibrant blue hue, caused by light interacting with microscopic scales, makes them stand out against green foliage.

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Holarctic Azures
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Holarctic Azures

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Different Azure species can look identical but actually prefer different host plants!

Some Azure caterpillars 'talk' to ants using sugary secretions to get protection!

Their vibrant blue color comes from light bouncing off scales, not from blue pigments.

They spend most of their life as a tiny munching caterpillar before becoming a butterfly.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Ant Whisperer

Holarctic Azures larvae can produce a sugary liquid from a special gland that attracts ants, that helps them gain protection from predators.

Fähigkeit

Color-Shift Wings

Holarctic Azures has structurally colored wings that appear brilliant blue in direct sunlight because of microscopic scales, that helps them attract mates.

Fähigkeit

Clever Camouflage

Holarctic Azures has pale undersides, often with subtle patterns, that helps them blend into their surroundings when resting, hiding from hungry birds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-35 mm
Größe
10-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-25 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
8 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet flower nectar, while their caterpillar babies munch on plant leaves.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (caterpillars) eat leaves and buds; adults drink nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • tree sap
  • flower pollen
  • leaf buds
  • young leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Adult butterflies are a food source for insectivorous birds like jays.

pollinates

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Adults visit dandelions, transferring pollen between flowers.

depends on

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Its leaves are a common host plant for Azure caterpillars to eat.

symbiotic with

Silky Ant

Formica pallidefulva

Ants protect Azure caterpillars in exchange for sugary secretions.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch butterflies from a distance so they feel safe.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Holarctic Azures?

20-35 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Holarctic Azures?

10-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Holarctic Azures?

10-25 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Holarctic Azures?

8 km/h

Was frisst Holarctic Azures?

Adults sip sweet flower nectar, while their caterpillar babies munch on plant leaves.

Wo findet man Holarctic Azures normalerweise?

Forests and meadows

Wie jagt Holarctic Azures?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Holarctic Azures?

6

Snap-Karte

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