The Adonis Blue butterfly (Polyommatus bellargus) is the most spectacular but also the rarest of the blue butterflies found on chalk downlands in the

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The Adonis Blue butterfly (Polyommatus bellargus) is the most spectacular but also the rarest of the blue butterflies found on chalk downlands in the south of England. This is a male. One of the most distinctive features is that the white border of both front and back wings is broken by black lines. Photographed in Martin Down, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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