MELEAGER'S BLUE lays eggs | Polyommatus daphnis | Egg-laying butterfly | Dorli's Zoo 025

In summer the female of this heat-loving species of Blues lays several eggs on dry plants or through a hole on the underside of an old leaf. The eggs usually overwinter, but sometimes the young caterpillars also overwinter. These are accompanied by ants and like to eat, among other things, crownvetches (Coronilla varia).
Its scientific name is Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermueller 1775). It is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
These videos were created in a natural environment at approx. 720 ft (220 m) above sea level in the southern Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe on July 15th, 2021.
Need some help to identify butterflies? See: www.baldia.top.... You find more than 170 clear comparisons, photos, videos and an interactive Blues-App (free).
Camera videos: Panasonic DMC-LX15.
Camera photo egg: Nikon 1 J3 with macro lens Nikon AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G.
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