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Lysandra hispana
A blue butterfly with dark spots & yellow marks.
Spotted at mediterranean pine mountain area, La Mussara, Catalonia. Is a southerly species with a largely Mediterranean distribution in Spain, France and Italy.
Similar to the chalk hill blue, coridon, from which it may be indistinguishable when they fly together in the summer and autumn.
Spotted on Jul 31, 2017
Submitted on Feb 8, 2018
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For some reasons I cannot update it from my phone, so will try tomorrow from my computer, thanks again.
Thanks Danielle, Sukanya and Zlatan
I think Daniele is correct.
Check this link:http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/index.php?id=31370
Possibly a Provencal Chalk Hill Blue (Lysandra hispana), itself very similar to a regular Chalk Hill Blue (coridon). Reclassified as Polyommatus hispanus and in 2017 back again to Lysandra. Till next change!
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/sp/hispan...
Whichever it is it'll be on Matt's site.
I believe Polyommatus genus... maybe icarus? or escheri?