Blues

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WildFlower

Lion

There are at least a couple of different species on this photo. Some of them may be the Common Blue, but that's hard to tell. I've given up trying to identify these blue butterflies because there are more than 100 species of them which are very similar. Some of the spots which are important for the identification cannot be seen when the wings are not completely spread and you need both sides of the wings for a more reliable ID.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_Turkey - Lycaenidae
http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?thaContLycae.htm Posted 11 years ago

Bagerathan Sivarajah

Snow Leopard

Beautiful. Posted 11 years ago

The Common blue

The common blue butterfly is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings. Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a black-brown border and a white fringe. The females are usually brown above with a blue dusting and orange spots.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by travismorhardt

By blackdiamond

Uploaded Jul 23, 2013. Captured Jul 21, 2013 13:49.

NIKON D90
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