Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) resting on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) on a Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The large blue's life cycle is dependent on the...
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David Tipling / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion), female. Re-introduction programme. Somerset, England, UK, Europe
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Robert Thompson / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) nectaring on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). St Caterina di Valfurva Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion), female, Finland, July.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Large blue (Maculinea arion), female at habitat, Finland, July.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion), feeding from Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum), Finland, July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Scarce large blue butterfly (Phengaris teleius), Hautes-Alpes, France, July.
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Lorraine Bennery / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) on flower, Indre-et-Loire, France
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Lorraine Bennery / Alcon large blue butterfly eggs (Phengaris alcon rebeli), Hautes-Alpes, France, July.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) Liperi, Pohjois-Karjala / North Karelia, Ita-Suomi / Eastern Finland, Finland. June