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Thecla betulae
Family: LycaenidaeGenus: Theclanative in Germany
native in Germany
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24
Plants
visited
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32
Interactions
documented
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5
Host plants
known
About this species
A univoltine butterfly that overwinters as an egg and has oligophagous larvae.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
One generation per year; overwinters in the egg stage.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
egg
Scientific profile
Thecla betulae is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It produces one generation each year and passes the winter in the egg stage. The caterpillars are oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of host plants.
Host plants
5 plants serve as food for the larvae
Visited plants
19 plants are visited by this species
Prunus padus subsp. borealisPrunus domestica subsp. domesticaPulicaria dysentericaCirsium palustreHeracleum sphondyliumCirsium arvenseCirsium tuberosumFraxinus excelsior subsp. excelsiorCirsium dissectumCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium heterophyllumCirsium acauleRubus fruticosusLophiolepis eriophoraJacobaea vulgarisEupatorium cannabinumBuddleja davidiiTanacetum vulgareSuccisa pratensis
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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