Field guide · Norway
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks · Norway

Long-tailed blue

Lampides boeticus

Long-tailed blue is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae that occurs as a wanderer in Norway. It has no Norwegian name in Nortaxa and has not been assessed for the Red List.

Status in this countryVagrant in Norway
Long-tailed blue
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0

Flight period

The flight time is not specified in the sources examined.

Habitat

The sources do not specify the exact habitat for the species.

Identifying features

The sources examined describe the species only as a small blue butterfly in the family Lycaenidae; no further identification features are provided.

Similar species

No confused species are described in the examined sources.

Distribution

Found in Asia, Southern and Central Europe, Great Britain, and Sweden. In Norway, the species appears as a wanderer; no Norwegian name in Nortaxa, and not assessed on the Norwegian Red List 2021.

Biology

The way of life is not described in the examined sources; the species is a diurnal, iridescent moth.