Silver-studded blue: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the silver-studded blue lives – recorded in 19 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Plebejus argus
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	19 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lycaenidae

Where does the silver-studded blue live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silver-studded blue in 19 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the silver-studded blue?

The silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Lycaenidae, genus Plebejus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the silver-studded blue

The silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it its name. P. argus can be found across Europe and east across the Palearctic, but it is most often studied in the United Kingdom where the species has experienced a severe decline in population due to habitat loss and fragmentation.

P. argus engages in mutualism with ants that contribute to the butterflies' reproductive fitness by providing protection from predation and parasitism from the point of egg laying to their emergence as adults. P. argus adults emerge at the end of June and beginning of July and engage in flight until the beginning of August.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silver-studded blue (revision 1379998579), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q926992 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).