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Lycaeides idas

Lycaeides idas

Description:

German: Ginster-Bläuling

Notes:

male

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6 Comments

Rolo
Rolo 11 years ago

perfect capture

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I am not fully convinced of this one being Plebejus idas. The dark margin on both wings is often more pronounced and/or has stronger markings. My guess would be Polyommatus icarus, Common Blue or Hauhechelbläuling. Do you have any other shot, specially a ventral shot??
http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species...
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki...
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_p...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebejus_id...
Polyommatus icarus:
http://www.schmetterling-raupe.de/art/ic...
http://www.aphotofauna.com/butterfly_com...
http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep...

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Nice specimen.

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 11 years ago

Lovely!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Beautiful :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Fantastic moment and the contrast...so lovely...

hercule
Spotted by
hercule

Gemeinde Deutschlandsberg, Steiermark, Austria

Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on May 31, 2012

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