Phengaris rebeli (formerly Maculinea rebeli), common name mountain Alcon blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first found...

(Maculinea sensu stricto) Phengaris alcon – Alcon blue, Alcon large blue †Phengaris alcon arenaria – Dutch Alcon blue Phengaris rebeli – mountain Alcon blue...

species (Gentiana pneumonanthe in the case of Phengaris alcon and Gentiana cruciata in the case of Phengaris rebeli). The species can be seen flying in mid-...

(660–5,250 ft) above sea level. Phengaris rebeli is an endangered butterfly which feeds upon G. cruciata. Female P. rebeli lay their eggs on the upper side...

are indistinguishable to the ant. Larvae of the mountain Alcon blue, Phengaris rebeli, similarly mimic Myrmica ants and feed on their brood. The parasitoid...

blue butterfly (Phengaris rebeli). The life cycle of I. eumerus is dependent on a butterfly, the mountain Alcon blue (Phengaris rebeli), the larvae of...

another species into their own nests, as with the parasitic butterfly, Phengaris rebeli, and the host ant Myrmica schencki. The butterfly larvae release chemicals...

blue butterfly are speckled with black dots.[citation needed] Phengaris arion ♂ Phengaris arion ♂ △ Gynandromorph L. arion L. (83 c). Larger, above of...

Entomologischen Vereins). Hans Hirschke described Alcis bastelbergeri and Phengaris rebeli in Jber. Wien. ent. Ver. Nonveiller, G. 1999: The Pioneers of the research...

carnivorous, and others are even parasitic. Some lycaenid species such as Phengaris rebeli are social parasites of Myrmica ant nests. A species of Geometridae...