Species Account for Cupido minimus
Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
Small Blue
Lepidoptera: butterflies: Lycaenidae
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Taxonomic group: butterflies (Lepidoptera: butterflies) - County data
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W&C Act: Schedule 5
Status: Legal Protection;NT;Section 41 Priority Species
Essex RDB: Appendix
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Small Blue on UK Butterflies website
Essex Red Data List comment
Appendix. Small Blue. Local. Once resident, extinct since the late 19th century.
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Believed to have been extinct in the county since the late 19th Century. A male was sighting in a private planted field in August 2015. The larval host plant, Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, was present. The sighting occurred at the time of a substantial second brood in neighbouring Hertfordshire, although the nearest known colony was over 30 miles away. References
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