Species Cards

Holly Blue Butterfly

Celastrina argiolus

Group:

Animal, Invertebrate (minibeast)

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Food chain :

Herbivore

What it eats :

Nectar. Caterpillars eat holly and ivy.

Eaten by:

Spiders

Habitat:

WoodlandWoodland

Description:

The underside of the wings are powdery blue speckled with black. The upper sides are lilac blue. There are two generations a year. The first caterpillars of the year eat holly, the second batch eat ivy.


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