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common blue, chalkhill blue

Polyommatus icarus, Polyommatus coridon, Bombus lapidarius

Description:

found these two butterflies on wild flowers near train tracks both are males, the chalkhill blue rubbed his lower pair of wings against each other quite often - never seen a common blue doing that. video is a common blue

Habitat:

meadows, fields, near tracks

Notes:

@ monkey mind

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updated info and video (still not working properly)

Gemeinde Kottingbrunn, Niederösterreich, Austria

Spotted on Jul 21, 2011
Submitted on Jul 21, 2011

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