Rod Williams / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) female, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. August.
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Rod Williams / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on tufted vetch, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, July.
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Loic Poidevin / Two Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) mating on Common fleabane flowers (Pulicaria dysenterica), Vendee, France. July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on the Bee orchid (Ophrys demangei) Drome, France, May.
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on the Bee orchid (Ophrys demangei) Drome, France, May.
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), Isere, France, May.
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) and Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia), Var, France, May.
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Kim Taylor / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) uncoiling tongue, Surrey, England, July.
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Kim Taylor / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) uncoiling tongue, Surrey, England, July.
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Kim Taylor / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on sedge seed head. Surrey, England, July.
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Nick Upton / Green veined white (Pieris napi) butterfly nectaring on Wild marjoram flowers (Origanum vulgare), before being chased off by a Common blue (Polyommatus icarus), Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Russell Cooper / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) male resting on Crosswort flower (Galium cruciata) North Downs, England, UK, May.