Common Blue Butterfly

A female common blue buttefly, Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).  The females of this species have much less blue on them than the males do.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, University grounds, Reading, UK on 2009-07-22.

Update on Mon 2009-07-27 by Tristram Brelstaff

Here are some photos I have just taken of a male common blue butterfly:

Both of these photos were taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds on 2009-07-27.