Common Blue Butterfly Polyommatus icarus individual scales can be discerned just above the thorax

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Profile shot of the Common Blue The bright blue male is unmistakable, but the female is darker, and can have varying amounts of brown on the common Blue is a small butterfly of meadows, rough grassland and gardens

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Size: 5050px × 3366px
Location: Yorkshire United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Wild Life Ranger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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