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The scarce large blue (''Phengaris teleius'') is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Northern Serbia,〔Popović M. ''et al.'' 2014. Distribution and threats of Phengaris teleius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in northern Serbia. ''Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'' 60(2): 173-183.〕 Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine. There are six subspecies. *''Phengaris teleius teleius'' Central Europe, Caucasus and West Siberia *Phengaris teleius chosensis (Matsumura, 1927) South Ussuri *''Phengaris teleius euphemia'' (Staudinger, 1887) Amur Oblast, Ussuri *''Phengaris teleius obscurata (''Staudinger, 1892 Transbaikalia *''Phengaris teleius sinalcon'' Murayama, 1992 North China *''Phengaris teleius splendens'' (Kozhantshikov, 1924) Altai mountains, Sayan Mountains ==Biology== The larva of this species first feeds on ''Sanguisorba officinalis'' (great burnet), then moves onto ant nests and is a predator of the ant brood. ''Myrmica rubra'' and ''Myrmica scabrinodis'' have been reported as frequent host ant species.〔Tartally, A. and Varga, Z. 2008. Host ant use of Maculinea teleius in the Carpathian Basin (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). "Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae" 54(3): 257–268.〕 A recent microhabitat preference study indicates that grazing is necessary for maintaining the present distribution and abundance of these butterflies.〔Batáry P. ''et al.'' 2007. (Microhabitat preferences of Maculinea teleius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in a mosaic landscape ) ''European Journal of Entomology'' 104: 731–736.〕 ==Sources== * * * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. (''Maculinea teleius'' ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scarce large blue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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