Turquoise Blue   Plebicula dorylas

Plebicula dorylas upper Plebicula dorylas under

European Blue butterflies can be difficult to identify when they persistently perch showing either upper wing under wing surfaces but this species obligingly showed both. The larval food plants include Trifolium (Clovers), Melilotus (Melilots) and Thymus (Thyme) species but the adults will take nectar from a wide variety of plants.

Plebicula dorylas

Turquoise Blue Plebicula dorylas

Hills opposite Gèdre, French Pyrenees, 13th June 2009

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Turquoise Blue Plebicula dorylas

Hills opposite Gèdre, French Pyrenees, 13th June 2009

Added on 13th June 2010, updated 9th December 2014

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