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Lang's short-tailed Blue
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Status
Corfu Status: Present EU Red Data Status 2010: Least ConcernDescription
A small butterfly with underside light brown with variable pale transverse stripes, and a tail on the hindwing, with two blue spots. The males upperside are blue with a black border, whilst the female is grey brown with a blue suffusion. The underside are distinctive, with possible confusion with Lampides boeticus, which has a browner underside and slightly larger.
Habitat Requirements
Most commonly encountered in gardens and scrubby sites.
Larval Foodplants
Sambucus ebulus, Broom Cytisus scoparius - not on Corfu, Lucerne Medicago sativa, Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis, Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Anne Sordinas has found ovae and reared larvae on Plumbago spp. possibly auriculata.
Observations
Best observed later in the year when it is particularily easy to photograph on the blooms of Aromatic Inula Dittrichia vicosa.
*The information provided in the tables below is based on verified sightings of the Lang's short-tailed Blue submitted via this website since 1st January 2021.
First and Last Sightings
| Year | First | Last/latest | # Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26/04/2022 | 01/05/2022 | 5 days |
| 2021 | 10/05/2021 | 01/12/2021 | 205 days |
| 2019 | 16/08/2019 | 20/09/2019 | 35 days |
Number of Observations
| Year | Number of observations |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 299 |
| Grand Total | 308 |
Distribution Map
Distribution map for the Lang's short-tailed Blue based on the data submitted online via this website will be available below soon.
Flight Times for the Lang's short-tailed Blue (2022)
The chart below shows Lang's short-tailed Blue flight data by month for 2022 submitted online since 1st January 2022 to 17th May 2022.
Flight Times for the Lang's short-tailed Blue (All Data)
The chart below shows Lang's short-tailed Blue flight data by month based on all data submitted online since 1st January 2019 to 17th May 2022.
Taxonomy
- Vernacular/Common Name: Lang's short-tailed Blue
- Family: Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815)
- Sub-family: Polyommatinae (Swainson 1831)
- Tribe: Polyommatini (Swainson 1831)
- Sub-tribe: Leptotina ()
- Genus: Leptotes (Scudder, 1876)
- Species: pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
References
For a list of references, please see our bibliography page.
