The fragile ecosystem of one of the rarest butterflies in the country (with video)

In 2006, the blue butterfly lameiro of Mrs. Ted, which flies only between July and August, had 260 individuals during the flight. Last year, were already 5,200 individuals who passed through this magnificent landscape of the Serra do Alvão, Trás-os-Montes.

"The care go through thinking the terrain, there for January, and after burning", explained the owner of the land to the green economy

According to Paula Arnaldo, UTAD (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Minho), there are several types of care, especially the management of the ecosystem. "This management spends a lot for cleaning, in the heights, the plant material. Grazing is crucial because it enriches the bog ", explained the responsible.

The blue butterfly is a fragile species and with low tolerance to changes in the ecosystem. With a unique life cycle needs specific ecological conditions to reproduce.

In the periods in which the butterfly's posture in the host plant, it is necessary to decrease the pressure, because the animals feed on her and consuming several eggs. Another prerequisite is the presence of ants, which feed on the larvae of nine to ten months until adulthood. Is this set of links which allows survival of blue butterfly.

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