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Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Checklist Number61.017 [B&F: 1578]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Genus: | Cyaniris |
| Species: | semiargus |
| Authority: | (Rottemburg, 1775) |
Locally common, in flower meadows, farmland, scrub and woodland clearings; 0-2200 m throughout much of mainland Europe and Fennoscandia. In Britain, formerly widespread in southern England, but not seen reliably since the end of the 19th Century. Wingspan 28-34 mm. Larva feeds on Red Clover.