Damon blue
The Damon blue is a small mountain butterfly. The male is shining sky blue with wide black edges, while the female is brown. Both have a clear white streak under their back wings, like a little brush stroke.
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Fun facts
It lives high up in the mountains, between about 1,000 and 2,100 metres.
Ants look after its caterpillars. Up to ten ants have been seen around one caterpillar.
An old book tells that caterpillars kept in a cage indoors brought whole crowds of ants into the house.
The butterflies stay close to their fields of sainfoin and do not fly far away.
Most asked questions about Damon blue
?Why do ants visit Damon blue caterpillars?
Ants love to stay close to the caterpillars and look after them.
?Are male and female Damon blues the same colour?
No. The male is bright blue and the female is brown.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Polyommatus damon
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Polyommatus damon (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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