Plebejus optilete (Knoch, 1781)

cranberry blue

on Vaccinium, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Ericaceae, oligophagous

Andromeda polifolia; Vaccinium myrtillus, oxycoccos, uliginosum, vitis-idaea.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

synonyms

Agriades, Albulina, Polyommatus, optilete.

references

Bálint (1993b), Bertaccini (2008b), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Lepiforum (2021).