GLAUCOPSYCHE ALEXIS
| English name: | Green-underside Blue |
| Norwegian name: | Alexisblåvinge |
| Auctor: | (Poda, 1761) |
| Original description: | as Papilio alexis in Insecta Musei Graecensis: 77. |
| Syn.: | cyllaris (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| tshatkala (Korb, 1997) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Graz, Austria. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | G. alexis schneideri. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tunisia, Morocco, Europe, temperate parts of Asia to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, |
| NW China and Amur. | |
| Etymologi: | Alexis was a shepard in Latin poet Vergilius (70 BC - 19 BC) work "Eclogues". |
G. alexis schneideri | |
| Auctor: | (Strand, 1903) |
| Original description: | in Neue norwegische Schmetterlingsformen. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab. B. XXV, 9:2-24. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | - - - |
| Distribution in Norway: | South-east Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | schneideri: named after Norwegian entomologist Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider. |
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GLAUCOPSYCHE ALEXIS SCHNEIDERI |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 17 | TEI | Kviteseid | 13-JUN-1999 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m |
| 2 | 28 | BØ | Røyken | 15-JUN-1986 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m (ventral view) |
| 3 | 6 | AAY | Tvedestrand | 26-MAY-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f |
| 4 | 28 | AK | Asker | 14-JUN-1998 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f (ventral view) |
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