![Common Blue butterflies, Polyommatus icarus. Male. Hutchinson's Bank, 2 August 2011. Common Blue butterflies, Polyommatus icarus. Male. Hutchinson's Bank, 2 August 2011.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKpqDcCOdNqu9fQVhfF54KIQaBWh3pqN5usPqytYXIqN5BtCobRA_vquIf9seY_DLyYyplhkMpkjvFrYcZgNErKyFhRslsFxaBWzpoMswLXIR4KLGWxL_tlVQzGE9G92vvVUP4waDdOXg/s640/butterfly_blue_common_2.8.2011.jpg) |
Common Blue butterflies, Polyommatus icarus. Male. Hutchinson's Bank, 2 August 2011. |
The top of its wings are a pleasing blue; you can just see the colour peeping over the near wingtips. The undersides have a pattern which is similar to several related species.
I stopped to think: had I ever seen two butterflies of exactly the same type following each other in that way? A great photo, in any case. Is that any special kind of grass?
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