OTHER NAMES: Long-tailed Blue
Latin Etymology: Lampides (?) boeticus (a province of the Iberian peninsula)
Adult Pea Blue (subspecies P. t. brittaniae) at Kamakura, Japan - November 2014
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Length: ? / Wingspan: 24-34mm
NOT UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
The Pea Blue is a widespread species found broadly across much of the Old World. I spotted this species in Kamakura on an unusually warm day in late November on a headland overlooking Mount Fuji. I had seen some small blue species in Kyoto the previous year too which may have also been this species. In the UK it is a vagrant species in some years and has even bred, although it is apparently unable to survive our Winters and thus has not become established.
Related Species:
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lampides
Subspecies: N/A
- Sighting Locations -
- TOKYO/HOKKAIDO 2014 TRIP: Several on the outskirts of Kamakura
Further Notes: BirdGuides, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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