Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland

The chalk-hill blue was nominated insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The species is strongly associated with base-rich short-turfed swards; the caterpillars feed mainly on horse-shoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and show myrmecophilous behaviour. The species is restricted to E...

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Main Author:	Thomas Schmitt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pensoft Publishers 2015-07-01
Series:	Nota Lepidopterologica
Subjects:	life cycle ecology phylogeography Lycaenidae
Online Access:	http://nl.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4977

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spelling	doaj-ffca4e2b95e44475bdad100fe5ac29752020-11-25T01:09:21ZengPensoft PublishersNota Lepidopterologica0342-75362367-53652015-07-0138210712610.3897/nl.38.49774977Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and SwitzerlandThomas SchmittThe chalk-hill blue was nominated insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The species is strongly associated with base-rich short-turfed swards; the caterpillars feed mainly on horse-shoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and show myrmecophilous behaviour. The species is restricted to Europe, where it is widely distributed but missing from the northern parts of the continent. Polyommatus coridon survived the last ice age in Mediterranean refugia in Italy and the Balkan Peninsula from where it colonised more northern regions postglacially.http://nl.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=4977life cycleecologyphylogeographyLycaenidae
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title	Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
title_short	Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
title_full	Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
title_fullStr	Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
title_full_unstemmed	Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
title_sort	biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for germany, austria and switzerland
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
series	Nota Lepidopterologica
issn	0342-7536 2367-5365
publishDate	2015-07-01
description	The chalk-hill blue was nominated insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The species is strongly associated with base-rich short-turfed swards; the caterpillars feed mainly on horse-shoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and show myrmecophilous behaviour. The species is restricted to Europe, where it is widely distributed but missing from the northern parts of the continent. Polyommatus coridon survived the last ice age in Mediterranean refugia in Italy and the Balkan Peninsula from where it colonised more northern regions postglacially.
topic	life cycle ecology phylogeography Lycaenidae
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Biology and biogeography of the chalk-hill blue Polyommatus coridon – insect of the year 2015 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland

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