Large blue butterfly  (Maculinea arion)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusMaculinea
SizeWingspan: 16 - 20 mm
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Status

Classified as Endangered in the UK (previously Extinct in the UK, re-introduced 1983). Fully protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. Listed under Annex IV of the EC Habitats Directive and Appendix II of the Bern Convention.

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