The dusky large blue is laying eggs on a herbaceous plant Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet)

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The dusky large blue (Phengaris nausithous) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Armenia,[2] Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.[1] [3] The life cycle of this species is strongly related to the herbaceous plant Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet)

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Location: Cakovec
Photo credit: © Goran Šafarek / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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