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Upside Down Butterfly Aricia agestis,Brown Argus,Butterfly,Geotagged,Portugal Click/tap to enlarge

Upside Down

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    WildFlower
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    This is not a Brown Argus - it has an extra black spot in the base of the forewing. It could be either a female Common Blue or another species.
    http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=agestis
    http://www.naturspaziergang.de/Fotohilfen/Tagfa/P_icarus_A_agestis_Vergleich.jpg
    http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?thaContLycae.htm     Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
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      travismorhardt
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      Hey, thanks for double checking! I'm not the best with over-seas identifications... Posted 11 years ago
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        I aways double check everything - bad habit...
        I made comments on the other butterflies that you identified as common blue, the ones of blackdiamond from Turkey. I've tried to identify these butterflies, including this one many times and I gave up eventually. They are so diverse and so similar. Even if you have both sides of the wings well spread, which is usually not the case, it is still difficult to discriminate between them.         Posted 11 years ago
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          Bad, good, it's all how the individual looks into it. And yes, I have come to realize just how difficult it is to identify something such as butterflies when there are so many different species that really only have a few minute physical differences. But I like the challenge in trying! Posted 11 years ago
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            That's why I posted the links to the lists - in case you would like to review those IDs.
            As I said, I've given up on those blues, which I very seldom do, but I would be happy to double check if you come up with other IDs :)             Posted 11 years ago

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Uploaded Oct 18, 2012. Captured Sep 13, 2012 09:20 in Rua Gama 105, 2750-642 Cascais, Portugal.
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  • E-M5
  • f/6.0
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO200
  • 43mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.