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Common blue ♀

Polyommatus icarus

Description:

small butterfly, female the underwings are brownish "Male uppersides are 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"

Habitat:

Natural Park Sintra Cascais

Notes:

found it on a wall while working as a volunteer in Natura Observa

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2 Comments

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

yes, and the smallest i've seen too :)

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

These butterflies are so pretty!

mendes.madalena
Spotted by
mendes.madalena

Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

Spotted on Aug 3, 2013
Submitted on Aug 4, 2013

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