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Butterfly: Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

by Claire Ogden on 20 August 2010 with No Comments

Please see latest Common Blue Butterfly and caterpillar species page

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Common name:Common Blue
Latin name:Polyommatus icarus
Family:Blues ( Lycaenidae >> Polyommatinae )
Flies:May to September
This photo:Forrabury Stitches, near Boscastle, North Cornwall
Gallery:British Butterflies
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