Common Blue vs Dromedary Camel

Polyommatus icarus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Common Blue is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Blue	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Insecta (昆蟲綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)
Family	Lycaenidae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Polyommatus	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Polyommatus icarus	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Blue and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (动物界)

Conservation Status

Common Blue

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Blue	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Blue

Habitat

Inhabits Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus), Europe (40 countries), and North America (United States).

Dromedary Camel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

Common Blue

普通眼灰蝶（Polyommatus icarus）在IUCN红色名录中被列为无危（LC）。分布广泛，数量丰富，种群稳定，无迫切的保护关切。

Dromedary Camel

单峰驼是仅有一个驼峰的骆驼，距今已有超过4000年的驯化历史。驼峰储存的是脂肪，而非水分。