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Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Description:

There are several similar looking species. I thought it might be Brown Argus but Common Blue looks much closer.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes.

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Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus Polyommatus icarus


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3 Comments

KostasZontanos
KostasZontanos 9 years ago

You 're welcome Malcolm. Indeed there are several similar looking species and is very difficult to be sure for the identification.

Thanks for the correction Kostas, I agree your suggestion looks much closer than mine.

KostasZontanos
KostasZontanos 9 years ago

I'm almost sure that it's a female Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

Sagunto/Sagunt, Comunidad Valenciana / Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Mar 27, 2014
Submitted on Mar 30, 2014

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