Common blue butterflies

Description:

The common blue, Polyommatus icarus, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, widespread over much of the Palaearctic in temperate Asia and Europe.Common blue males have uppersides in an iridescent lilac blue with a thin black border. Females are brown above with a row of red spots along the edges and usually some blue at the base of the wings; the upperside may be mostly blue, especially in Ireland and Scotland, but it always has red spots. Undersides have a greyish ground colour in the males and a more brownish in the females. The pictured male and female butterflies, were spotted in Agrafa mountains, Greece.