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InsectLCLeast Concern

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

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The common blue is the most widespread blue butterfly in Britain, found on grasslands, heathlands and coastal dunes wherever its foodplant bird's-foot trefoil grows.

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Quick Facts

Category
Insect
Latin name
Polyommatus icarus
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.