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Common Blue Butterfly

Polyommatus icarus

Notes:

Seen in the Olympic Park, London.

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4 Comments

Elizabeth Colley
Elizabeth Colley 11 years ago

Thank you for adding your spotting ngnpope. Please keep them coming, it's fascinating building the collection.

wijnandr
wijnandr 11 years ago

I'm wrong. The purple/blue wings reveal that it's a male for sure. Nice spotting.

ngnpope
ngnpope 11 years ago

I understood that this was a male. The female is usually very brown on the upper side.

wijnandr
wijnandr 11 years ago

beautiful female

ngnpope
Spotted by
ngnpope

London Borough of Newham, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Aug 31, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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