Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇫🇷 Azuré des Nerpruns, Argus à bande noire, Argus bordé, Argiolus

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Subtribe: Celastrinina
Genus: Celastrina
Species: Celastrina argiolus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/celastrina-argiolus.webp — Celastrina argiolus foraging on a flower of Origanum vulgare

img/celastrina-argiolus-2.webp — Celastrina argiolus foraging on a flower of Origanum vulgare

img/celastrina-argiolus-3.webp — Celastrina argiolus foraging on a flower of Mentha suaveolens

img/celastrina-argiolus-4.webp — Celastrina argiolus foraging on a flower of Mentha × rotundifolia

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Celastrina argiolus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174235/7033895