Polyommatus icarus, common blue
A female specimen of the common blue butterfly from England. In the common blue butterfly the males are always clear blue. The females are separable by a row of orange spots along the margins of the hindwing
Picture No
10713415
Media ID
47595964
Size
1324px x 1032px
(897KB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Arthropoda Gossamer Gossamer Winged Gossamer-winged Hexapod Hexapoda Icarus Insecta Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Lycaenid Lycaenidae Polyommatus Vane Winged
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