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Common blue
Male
Female
both in Oxfordshire
Conservation status
Common blue
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (Europe, Mediterranean)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species:
P. icarus
Binomial name
Polyommatus icarus
(Rottemburg, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena icarus

The common blue butterfly or European common blue[2] (Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings. Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a black-brown border and a white fringe. The females are usually brown above with a blue dusting and orange spots.[3]

Mating in Buckinghamshire
male left; female right

The Common blue was elected as the national butterfly of Israel in 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Polyommatus icarus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ^ "European Common Blue". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Metalmark Web and Data. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Matt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ ויינשטיין, זיו (23 April 2023). "כחליל השברק נבחר לפרפר הלאומי של ישראל - וואלה! תיירות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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