Plebejus hesperica

(Rambur, 1842) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Plebejus

At a glance

Occurrence records130

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections12

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Plebejus hesperica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility130 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF130 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries12 detections

01Narrative

Kretania hesperica, the Spanish zephyr blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Seitz describes it (as a race of L. sephyrus Friv.) thus - hesperica Rbr. (78 h) is above sky-blue instead of violet-blue; from Spain.Seitz, A. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding12 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Plebejus hesperica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections12

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type130 records

Wild obs. + sensor52

Museum / vouchered76

Cultivated / captive2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO64 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 52

52 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor52

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 75 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence76

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Edmonton, CA	75
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 76 of 76 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA12 detections

Where the DNA of Plebejus hesperica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found12

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 12 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median20.4 °C 14.8–23.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.6 °C

Max temp (day)25.6 °C 19.7–28.5

Min temp (night)13.4 °C 7.60–15.8

Precipitation22.8 mm/mo 18.2–61.2

Air humidity50.7 % 47.7–55.9

Moisture balance-144 mm/mo -149–-58.0

Vapour deficit1,154 Pa 804–1,411

Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.40–3.40

Cloud cover33.4 % 30.4–43.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 12 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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