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Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus - Icarusblauwtje
Palearctic region. Introduced to Eastern-Canada.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Polyommatus icarus icarus - Most of Europe;
Polyommatus icarus mariscolore - Ireland;
Polyommatus icarus fuchsi - South-Siberia and Transbaikalia;
Polyommatus icarus omelkoi - Amur and Ussuri;
Polyommatus icarus ammosovi - Central-Yakutia, East-Asia, Kamchatka;
Polyommatus icarus fugitiva - Pakistan;
Polyommatus icarus napaea - Tian-Shan, China.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.