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Family: Lycaenidae Flight Time: July - August Size: 20 - 30mm Altitude: 1800 - 2700m |
| Glandon blues only fly at
high altitude amongst sparse vegetation. These pictures were taken in
Valais, Switzerland, where there were a few above Eison and
a slightly larger colony at the Cold de Sanetsch. The male below left has
a bluer tinge than the all brown female, below right. Quite a hairy
species, which I guess helps with insulation during cold nights high in
the mountains.
Different subspecies are found in the Pyrenees and also in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. Possible confusion in the Pyrenees with A. pyrenaicus, the Gavarnie blue. |
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