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I don't want to say with absolute certainty, but I believe this to be a female Common Blue?
To borrow a term from our birding friends, it's a 'Little Brown job'!
Jul. 12, 2012 19:59:36 +0100
Comments & Identifications
Hmm. Very difficult without a picture of the underside. Female Common Blues have orange markings on the upper side of the wings.http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Fotouebersicht_Polyommatini_Weibchen_4 (unfortunately, there's no english version of the page, but the pictures are quite good). I guess, it's another "Blue".
There are some dark spots on the wings and the butterfly is quite large. I've asked one of my Flickr contacts for help. He knows a lot about this kind of butterflies.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kptn_blaubaer/7493304216/in/photostream So, it's most likely a Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus).
Are you sure? Ringlets usually rest with folded wings (is this correct english?). They also have quite distinct spots on their wings. See also my observation of a ringlet from July, 31 st. So I tend to say your observation is more likely Aricia eumedon. See also the following link:
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Comments & Identifications
Hmm. Very difficult without a picture of the underside. Female Common Blues have orange markings on the upper side of the wings.http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Fotouebersicht_Polyommatini_Weibchen_4 (unfortunately, there's no english version of the page, but the pictures are quite good). I guess, it's another "Blue".
I honestly wouldn't know! I never saw any blue ones around - but as you point out, there's no markings on the top of this lass' wings. Hmmm.
There are some dark spots on the wings and the butterfly is quite large. I've asked one of my Flickr contacts for help. He knows a lot about this kind of butterflies.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kptn_blaubaer/7493304216/in/photostream
So, it's most likely a Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus).
Are you sure? Ringlets usually rest with folded wings (is this correct english?). They also have quite distinct spots on their wings. See also my observation of a ringlet from July, 31 st. So I tend to say your observation is more likely Aricia eumedon. See also the following link:
http://lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Aricia_Eumedon
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