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Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Description:

Common Blue male on Asteracea.

Habitat:

meadows, coastal dunes, woodland clearings and also many man made habitats, anywhere where their food plants are found.

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6 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Very nice!

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

very good picture!

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 12 years ago

Excellent macro!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

So pretty, elegant!

AnneSorbes
AnneSorbes 12 years ago

It's true, in France it's a very common butterfly, but it does one of my favorites and I always take great pleasure in photographing this elegant butterfly.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

maybe called common blue but, it's so pretty !

AnneSorbes
Spotted by
AnneSorbes

Die, Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Aug 13, 2010
Submitted on Dec 7, 2011

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