Common blue  (Polyommatus icarus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Lycaenidae
Genus Polyommatus (1)
Size Caterpillar length: up to 13 mm (3)
Wingspan: 25 – 40 mm (2)
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Status

Not threatened (4).