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Male
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Female
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Male underside
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Female underside
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Larva
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Larva
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Pupa
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Same pupa one day before emergence
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Pupa
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Same pupa one day before emergence
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Pupa
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Same pupa one day before emergence
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Information
| UK BAP status: | Not listed |
| Local status: | Lives in colonies where it can be common. Its range is expanding. |
| Size: | Medium. |
| Larval foodplant: | A variety of grasses |
| No. of broods: | One |
| Flight time(s): | Late June to early August |
| Winter: | Larva |
| Habits: | Most of day spent on purple or blue flower-heads (such as knapweed and field scabious), or roosting on grasses. |
| Habitats: | Unimproved grassland and set-aside fields, predominantly on chalk or limestone, but its distribution is expanding. |
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Distribution
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No. of Adults
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No. of 1km Squares
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No. of Records
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No. of Adults per record
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No. of adults per 10,000 records
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Percentage of all records
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