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Phengaris nausithous

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA INSECTA LEPIDOPTERA LYCAENIDAE

Scientific Name: Phengaris nausithous
Species Authority: (Bergsträsser, 1779)
Common Name/s:
English – Dusky Large Blue
Synonym/s:
Maculinea nausithous
Maculinea nausithous

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Occurs in one or two small areas of northwest Spain with the main distribution area being from central eastern France, Switzerland, Germany (absent from the north) and eastwards.
Countries:
Native:
Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Moldova; Montenegro; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia (Serbia); Spain; Switzerland; Ukraine
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Occurs in damp habitats where the foodplant Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) is found.
Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Phengaris nausithous. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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