Bird's Eye vs Lorquin’s Blue

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Cupido lorquinii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bird's Eye Lorquin’s Blue
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family Sapindaceae Lycaenidae
Genus Alectryon Cupido
Species Alectryon subcinereus Cupido lorquinii

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Lorquin’s Blue

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bird's Eye Lorquin’s Blue
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Lorquin’s Blue

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Spain.

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Lorquin’s Blue

No description available.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia