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This male Chalkhill Blue attached it self to the handle of one my walking sticks and hiked with me for a good 15 minutes. Sweat is attractive to butterflies, where they will obtain nutrients such as salt.
A rocky path going though an alpine meadow, alt. 1800 m ASL. This butterfly favours chalk and limestone slopes, and sites grazed by sheep or cattle. This butterfly is found from lowlands right up to high in the mountains.
Male butterflies benefit from sodium uptake as it seems to increase their reproductive success. Sodium and amino acids are often transferred to the female with the spermatophore during mating as a nuptial gift. This nutrition also enhances the survival rate of eggs.
16 Comments
Thanks KrantiAzad, Mona and Sandra!
very gorgeous !!
That's so beautiful... Very nice photograps.
Thanks Jolly! It wouldn't let go and I was delighted :-)
Beauty
Beautiful series Daniele. Looks like he likes you!
Thank you J and Mayra!
So beautiful Daniele!
Lovely spotting, Daniele!
Thanks Dan! I can't believe this was only 3 weeks ago, and now there's virtually nothing left on the wing...
Awesome macro! What a beauty. So lucky he hung around for a while, love it when that happens!
Thanks Atul and Arlanda! On the first shot you can see how the proboscis has gone right into the handle's foam padding!
Nice spotting!
Awesome .... loved the info :-))
Thanks Satyen!
Great spotting and details. Loved the fourth pic.