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Butterfly

DateTue 2014-09-02

A male common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) feeding on vervain (Verbena officinalis).

It is the upper wing surfaces that are blue, but only in males (in females they are more brownish).

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2014-08-27.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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