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Common blue
Polyommatus icarus
46.051, 5.34806
Field Notes
Description:
One of the blues I guess; sharing pasture with Grison fritillary (pic N° 2)...
Habitat:
Seen in a small valley which we baptized a "Valley of butterflies" - the grassland valley is really very small, not more than 100 at its longest side and completely surrounded by a broad-leaved forest, and edged by a small and very clean stream. When we visited, grasslands were covered in a multitude of butterflies, mainly fritillaries (and mainly Grison fritillary - coming soon). We counted at least 8 or 9 different species, plus a multitude of other insects (bees, various bumble-bees, syrphes, dragon & damselflies etc).
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Common blue - Wikipedia
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2018
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