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Polyommatus icarus
Males are very consistent in appearance, the uppersides being violet-blue with plain white fringes. Females vary considerably - they always have orange submarginal lunules, but some are almost devoid of blue and strongly resemble the Brown Argus, while others are heavily dusted with blue scales. The undersides of both sexes of Common Blue are marked with a pattern of white-ringed black spots and orange crescents. Sometimes aberrant forms can be found in which the black spots are elongated into a series of short bars. Other rare forms occur in which the spots are reduced in size, or entirely absent. In all forms the male has a greyish ground colour with bluish scales around the base of the wings. Females instead have greenish scales at the wing bases, and a pale brown ground colour.
Here found in grasses in an area above 1000 m close to mountains.
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