Species Cards
Common Blue Butterfly
Polyommatus icarus
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Group: |
© Erica Bower Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) |
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Food chain : |
Herbivore |
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What it eats : |
Nectar. Caterpillars eat grassland plants. |
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Eaten by: |
Spiders |
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Habitat: |
Wildflower grasslandWildflower grassland |
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Description: |
Blue, almost violet, inside wings; undersides pale brown patterned with white-ringed black spots and orange patterned borders. |
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