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Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Photo by IvanPancic
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Brian38
Good call Marta. I found a site that shows the subtle differences between the Brown argus and the female common blue.https://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/components/downloads/cb-ba-id-guide-low-res.pdf . The configuration of the black dots does favor the Common blue(Polyommatus icarus).
The MnMs
Looks to me like: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyommatus_icarus

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2017

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