TL: Switzerland, Simplon
Habitat
- Mountain meadows
- Sunny mountainsides
31 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
DeutschKleiner Tragant-Bläuling
EnglishAlpine zephyr blue
FrançaisAzuré des astragales
ItalianoArgo di Trapp
NederlandsAlpensaffierblauwtje
PolskiModraszek trappi
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Astragalus centroalpinus Fabaceae Astragalus exscapus
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Plebejus lycidas Trapp, 1863 Plebejus trappi Vérity, 1927
- Kretania trappi is a member of the clade Kretania pylaon:
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Species Author Kretania allardii (Oberthür, 1874) Kretania beani Bálint & Johnson, 1997 Kretania hespericus (Rambur, 1839) Kretania martini (Allard, 1867) Kretania nichollae (Elwes, 1901) Kretania philbyi (Graves, 1925) Kretania pylaon (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1832) Kretania sephirus (Frivaldszky, 1835) Kretania trappi (Vérity, 1927) Plebejides klausrosei (Bálint, [1993]) Plebejides patriarcha (Bálint, [1992]) Plebejides usbekus (Forster, 1939) Plebejus zephyrinus (Christoph, 1884) Plebejus (Plebejides) modica (Vérity, 1935) Plebejus (Plebejides) stekolnikovi Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015
- Links
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Language Website Authors
euroButterflies Matt Rowling
Lepiforum e. V.
Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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