Celastrina argiolus

Family: LycaenidaeGenus: Celastrinaheimisch in Deutschland

heimisch in Deutschland

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187

Plants

visited

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259

Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A polyphagous butterfly recorded in Great Britain, with a flexible number of generations and adults on the wing from March to July.

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Plant-based food

Annual cycle

This butterfly passes the winter as a pupa. Adults are usually seen from March to July, with the number of generations varying flexibly according to the environment.

Merkmale

Körper

Wingspan

2.575 cm

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polyphagous

Generationen/Jahr

flexible

Overwintering

pupa

Scientific profile

Celastrina argiolus is a small butterfly belonging to the family Lycaenidae. It has a flexible voltinism, meaning the number of broods per year can vary with local conditions. The larvae are polyphagous and feed on a variety of plants. The species overwinters as a pupa, and adult butterflies are active between March and July. It is recorded in Great Britain.

Host plants

25 plants serve as food for the larvae

Cotoneaster horizontalisEscallonia illinitaUlex europaeus Calluna vulgaris Ilex aquifolium Hedera helix Cornus sanguineaMedicago sativaRubus fruticosus Rubus idaeus Frangula alnus Salix cinerea Humulus lupulus Robinia pseudoacaciaMelilotus officinalisRhododendron tomentosumRhamnus catharticaColutea arborescens subsp. arborescensSpiraea salicifoliaCornus sericeaLythrum salicariaLonicera tataricaPrunus serotinaSambucus nigraLedum palustre

Visited plants

162 plants are visited by this species

Cirsium heterophyllumGeranium sanguineumJacobaea vulgarisHeracleum sphondyliumBryonia dioicaMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisMentha aquatica Hypericum calycinum Lobularia maritima Prunus cerasifera Ranunculus repensRosa canina var. dumalisCirsium dissectumBuddleja davidiiThymus pulegioides Veronica spicataConvolvulus arvensisRanunculus aquatilis Mentha arvensis Tripolium pannonicum Galega officinalisCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareBupleurum falcatumRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusGeranium pyrenaicum Alliaria petiolata Potentilla reptans Syringa vulgarisGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumRanunculus linguaGeranium pratenseHypericum perforatum var. latifoliumHesperis matronalis Cirsium palustre Symphoricarpos albus Matthiola incanaMalus domesticaViburnum lantana Prunus laurocerasus Hypericum pulchrumOriganum vulgarePulicaria dysenterica Dipsacus fullonum Ficaria vernaRosa rugosaTanacetum vulgareErica cinereaCytisus scoparius Ribes nigrum Erysimum cheiri

Sources & Data Origin

•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.

•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)

•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)

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