Adonis blue  (Lysandra bellargus)

Species information

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Information authenticated by Butterfly Conservation:
http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/

Glossary

  • Agri-environment schemes: these schemes allow the government to compensate farmers for using methods that benefit the environment. The two main initiatives in the UK are the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Environmentally Sensitive Areas. Since October 2000 these have formed part of the England Rural Development Programme (EDRP), administered by DEFRA, the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs. See: <link>http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/erdphome.htm</link> for more on these initiatives.
  • Calcareous: containing free calcium carbonate, chalky.
  • Larvae: stage in an animal's lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Larval: of the stage in an animal's lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Parasitism: an interaction between species in which one organism derivesits food from, and lives in or on, another living organism at the host’s expense.
  • Pupae: stage in an insect's development when huge changes occur, which reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.
  • Pupation: the process of becoming a pupa, the stage of an insect's development, when huge changes occur that reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.

References

  1. Still, J. (1996) Collins Wild Guide: Butterflies and Moths.Harper Collins, London.
  2. UK Biodiversity Action Plan (March, 2002)
    http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=433
  3. Carter, D.J. and Hargreaves, B. (1986) A Field Guide to Caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe.Collins, London.
  4. Asher, J., Warren, M., Fox, R., Harding, P., Jeffcoate, G. and Jeffcoate, S. (2001) The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Bourn, N.A.D. and Warren, M.S. (1998) Species Action Plan: Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus.Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK. Available at: http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/downloads.asp?PageId=73
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