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Northern Blue

Plebejus idas

Description:

The male has a blue color on the upper side of the wings. Along the wing edge, a fine white thin ribbon or seam on the outside and a darker wider black inside. The underside of the wing is gray-brown with dark spots in some very thin white rings. The underside of the hind wings has a yellow-orange clear band with some blue round spots. The female has a dark blue color with brown around on the wing top. Along the wing edge is a white ribbon or seam. Especially along the edge of the hind wing there is a hint of some orange crescent shapes.

Habitat:

They where found on a heather moor in the mountain.

Notes:

Norwegian name: Idasblåvinge

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1 Comment

Irandi Munasinghe
Irandi Munasinghe 3 years ago

Nice spotting!

arne.roysland
Spotted by
arne.roysland

Vestfold og Telemark, Norway

Spotted on Jul 19, 2020
Submitted on Jul 19, 2020

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