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A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Could Become Universal Across Canada
Rivest, the first author of the study,
Anthropogenic disturbance promotes the abundance of a newly introduced butterfly, the European common blue (Polyommatus Icarus; Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), in Canada , published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology added, the new butterfly species can reach extremely high densities and its caterpillars rely on a host plant that is universal across Canada.
Typically found in Europe, P. Icarus was initially discovered in 2005, near Montreal, Quebec. Its production provided the team of Rivest with an unusual opportunity to examine a non-native insect during its colonization s early stages and gain further understandings into an invasion s progression.