Alcon blue
Alcon large blue
phengaris alcon latin

It is the host-plant of the Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon).

The Alcon Blue is unusual in this regard in that it uses different host species in different locations throughout Europe.

Phengaris rebeli - Mountain Alcon Blue (may belong in P. alcon)

Phengaris alcon arenaria - Dutch Alcon Blue (extinct)

Phengaris rebeli (formerly Maculinea rebeli), common name Mountain Alcon Blue, is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.

The larvae of the butterfly Maculinea alcon (Alcon Blue) as well as Maculinea teleius use Myrmica rubra as their primary host.

Phengaris alcon, more commonly known as Alcon Blue or Alcon Large Blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family and is found in Europe and Northern Asia.

The Dutch Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon arenaria) was a subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris alcon.

The type species of the latter was the Alcon Blue ("M." alcon), which is less closely related to most of the other supposed members of Maculinea than the old Phengaris species are, and hence the two genera are merged to form a monophyletic group.

Phengaris alcon, more commonly known as Alcon Blue or Alcon Large Blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family and is found in Europe and Northern Asia.

It is the host-plant of the Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon).

Phengaris alcon arenaria (Extinct Dutch subspecies)

Phengaris alcon arenaria - Dutch Alcon Blue (extinct)

The Dutch Alcon Blue (Phengaris alcon arenaria) was a subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris alcon.