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#inktober day 2: Maculinea alcon The Alcon Blue (Lungenenzian-Ameisenbläuling) can be seen flying in mid to late summer in Europe and Northern Asia. In Switzerland it is one among many critically endangered butterfly species. The #butterfly lays its eggs onto the Marsh (and sometimes Willow) Gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) flowers found in marshes and moorlands. The caterpillars eat no other plants which makes them very susceptible to environmental change and the destruction of their…

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#inktober day 2: Maculinea alcon The Alcon Blue (Lungenenzian-Ameisenbläuling) can be seen flying in mid to late summer in… | Butterfly species, Butterfly, Species