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Common Blue

P⁠olyommatus icarus

Photo by arne.roysland
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Field Notes

Description:

The ventral side has a greyish or dust-grey base colour in the males and a more brownish hue in the females. Both sexes have a row of orange spots along the edge of the hindwing and extending onto the forewing. There are about a dozen black-centered white spots on the hindwing and nine on the forewing.

Habitat:

In a small park on tansy.

Notes:

Norwegian name: T⁠iriltungeblåvinge

Reference Links:

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) · iNaturalist

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