Species Detail - Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "5-visit Butterfly Monitoring Scheme".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

Species image

Polyommatus icarus
Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue
N/A
N/A
poica
(Rottemburg, 1775)
insect - butterfly
Species
533
59
29
24/05/2017
03/09/2021
2 January (recorded in 2021)
29 October (recorded in 2021)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, 5-visit Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/360/Species/77551>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/360/Species/77551>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/360/Species/77551>