Polyommatus icarus (Common Blue)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: Polyommatus icarus (Common Blue)
Other names: blåvinge, vanlig blåvinge
Norwegian name: Tiriltungeblåvinge
Host plants: Anthyllis, Astragalus, Galega, Genista, Lotus, Lotus corniculatus, Medicago, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Ononis, Trifolium, Vicia
Confusion species: Polyommatus amandus (Amanda's Blue)