Male

Female

Forewing Length: 12-14mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	May - August	July - May	May - June (Earliest: 15.4)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva)	Bistorta officinalis
Food: (Adult)	Bellis perennis Nectar	Leucanthemum vulgare Nectar	Cardamine pratensis Nectar	Bistorta officinalis Nectar
	Ranunculus acris Nectar
Parasitoids:	Hyposoter placidus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Lycaena helle
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Lycaena helle
Lepiforum: Lycaena helle

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