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Common Blue Common Blue,Polyommatus icarus — Common Blue

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Ludo Sak Posted 9 months ago

You posted a lot there now. I like this one, though superficial in my opinion, because of the blue hue, contrasty orange on an orangebrown flower bud. Well balanced.

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◄ The Common Blue

Similar species: Butterflies and moths

The Common Blue is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, widespread over much of the Palaearctic. Recently, ''Polyommatus icarus'' was discovered in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada by Ara Sarafian, an amateur entomologist who observed the butterfly from 2005 to 2008. He contacted the Canadian National Collection of Insects in Ottawa where the butterfly was identified as ''P. icarus'', a new alien butterfly to Canada and to North America. The butterfly seems to be well established and is extending.. more

Specie identified by fchristant

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Uploaded on August 14, 2012. captured on August 4, 2012 .

NIKON D90 ▶
f/6.7
1/180s
ISO200
90mm