Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly covered in dew on European michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus). Male uppersides are an iridescent lilac blue w

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Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly covered in dew on European michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus). Male uppersides are an iridescent lilac blue with a thin black border. Females are usually brown with a row of red spots along the edges and some blue at the base of the wings. Photographed in France, in Autumn.

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Photo credit: © BOB GIBBONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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