Polyommatus celina (Austaut, 1879)

Polyommatus celina (Austaut, 1879) ( Lycaenidae ) **

L4; 16/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 08/V/2020, nect. on Lotus sp. L., 3 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 22/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 11/III/2020, perch. on Medicago sp. L. and other creeping herbs, 15 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 29/IV/2020, 7 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 23/V/2020, nect. on Leontodon sp. and perch. on grasses, 18 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 25/VII/2020, nect. on Leontodon sp. , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 08/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 14/V/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 13/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L17; 02/II/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L22; 12/VII/2020, nect. on M. suaveolens and T. barbata , 12 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 13/VI/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 12/VI/2021, nect. on M. pulegium and L. tenue , 4 ex. v., JLR.; L26; 27/VII/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L27; 27/VII/2020, nect. on T. caeruleum and T. barbata , very fresh, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L27; 29/VI/2021, nect. on R. ulmifolius , 4 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 07/VI/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 29/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L37; 09/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 28/VI/2019, nect. on M. suaveolens , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 05/VII/2019, nect. on M. suaveolens , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 10/VII/2020, perch. on grasses, on Leontodon sp. and M. suaveolens , 12 ex. v., JLR.; L42; 16/VI/2019, nect. on M. pulegium , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L43; 07/VI/2019, nect. on Crepis sp. , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L60; 15/IX/2019, nect. on Eryngium sp. and M. suaveolens , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 06/VI/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 21/VI/2020, nect. on Crepis sp. , L. stoechas , and S. atropurpurea , 4 ex. v., JLR.; L69; 23/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L73; 11/V/2019, nect. on Lotus sp. , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L75; 13/VI/2022, nect. on R. ulmifolius , 6 ex. v., JLR.; L80; 08/VI/2019, nect. on P. spinosa and S. atropurpurea , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 22/VI/2019, nect. on M. suaveolens , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 06/VI/2020, nect. on M. suaveolens and M. pulegium , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 12/VII/2020, nect. on M. suaveolens and M. pulegium , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 25/VII/2020, nect. on M. suaveolens , 15 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 08/V/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 15/V/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 12/VI/2021, nect. on M. pulegium , very worn, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 15/V/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 21/V/2022, nect. on M. pulegium , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L94; 12/VI/2019, nect. on M. suaveolens , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L94; 06/VI/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L112; 02/VII/2020, nect. on Trifolium sp. and Leontodon sp. in a lawn bed, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L130; 07/V/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L130; 16/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 20/VI/2020, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 14/VII/2020, nect. on V. karroo , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 19/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L141; 06/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L142; 17/V/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 01/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L154; 26/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: First records for Ceuta. Observations were made from 30 localities within 16 1× 1 km UTM squares. Adults appear from February to September, with no observations in August. The highest numbers were recorded in May and June, suggesting that peak activity occurs in spring and early summer. Adults were observed nectaring on Lotus sp. , Medicago sp. , Leontodon sp. , M. suaveolens , T. barbata , L. tenue , T. caeruleum , R. ulmifolius , Eryngium sp. , L. stoechas , S. atropurpurea , P. spinosa , and V. karroo .