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The Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus Beautiful Common Blue sideview showing its blue body and brownish wings that contain black, white and orange patterns. Butterfly,Common Blue,Geotagged,Lycaena,Polyommatus icarus,Rhopalocera,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

The Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus

Beautiful Common Blue sideview showing its blue body and brownish wings that contain black, white and orange patterns.

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  1. Fantastic. This is homepage material! Posted 14 years ago
    1. I see it :)
      Thanks!
      Posted 14 years ago

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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.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Apr 24, 2011. Captured in Brielse Gatdam, 3233 Botlek, The Netherlands.