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Lysandra bellargus
Male of the small butterfly, Adonis Blue (Lycaenidae family), with iridescent blue wings. The female has brown wings, with orange spotted board. The underside of wings, in both female and male, is grey with orange and black spots, surrounded by white.
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Hi! This is a lovely photo, but I would like to correct the identification. This is not Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus). Common blue does not have any black marks (chequering) in the white margin; i.e. its white margin does not have those little black marks. This butterfly is Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus). Hope this is useful!
Spotted on Aug 28, 2012
Submitted on Mar 31, 2013
