Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Calliphoridae (Blow flies)

Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Blaue Fleischfliege European Blue Bottle Fly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Calliphora insidiosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 | Calliphora monspeliaca Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Calliphora musca Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Calliphora nana Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Calliphora rufifacies Macquart, 1851 | Calliphora spitzbergensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Musca aucta Walker, 1853 | Musca erythrocephala Meigen, 1826 | Musca thuscia Walker, 1849 |

  • Calliphora vicina, female 7552
    Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830  Blaue Fleischfliege  European Blue Bottle Fly 
    Calliphora vicina, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2016-10-26 09:50:41
    Image number: 7552
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2016-10-26 09:50:41
  • Calliphora vicina, female 7553
    Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830  Blaue Fleischfliege  European Blue Bottle Fly 
    Calliphora vicina, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2016-10-24 22:25:12
    Image number: 7553
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2016-10-24 22:25:12
  • Calliphora vicina, female 7554
    Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830  Blaue Fleischfliege  European Blue Bottle Fly 
    Calliphora vicina, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2016-10-26 09:54:46
    Image number: 7554
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2016-10-26 09:54:46
  • Calliphora vicina, female 7555
    Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830  Blaue Fleischfliege  European Blue Bottle Fly 
    Calliphora vicina, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2016-10-24 22:23:02
    Image number: 7555
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2016-10-24 22:23:02
  • Calliphora cf. vicina, male 11209
    Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830  Blaue Fleischfliege  European Blue Bottle Fly 
    Calliphora cf. vicina, male, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-11-18 13:20:25
    Image number: 11209
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-11-18 13:20:25
    conf. eklans
  • Calliphora cf. vicina, male 11210
    Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830  Blaue Fleischfliege  European Blue Bottle Fly 
    Calliphora cf. vicina, male, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2023-11-18 13:20:33
    Image number: 11210
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2023-11-18 13:20:33
    conf. eklans

Further vernacular names:
Common Bluebottle
Classification:
Calliphora vicina belongs to the subfamily Calliphorinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Falk, Steven (2016) British blow flies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae), draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, March 2016, 1-86.
  3. William H. Robinson: Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 472 pp., ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-11138-9