Blues Butterflies (Polyommatinae)

Long-tailed Blue sucking minerals in a goose droppings.

Long-tailed Blue sucking minerals in a goose droppings.

Common blue male exposing its wings in the sun, resting on a dewy apple mint in a wet meadow.

Common blue male exposing its wings in the sun, resting on a dewy apple mint in a wet meadow.

Common blue male exposing its wings in the sun, resting on a dewy apple mint in a wet meadow.

Brown Argus cleaning it face in a wet meadow.

Brown Argus taking a sun bath in a wet meadow.

Common Blue male aberration. The series of postdical spots of the forewing has transformed into light traces and the cell spot misses. The spots of hindwind are also deformed and one is missing.

Common Blue male aberration. The series of postdical spots of the forewing has transformed into light traces and the cell spot misses. The spots of hindwind are also deformed and one is missing.

Brown Argus resting on lady's thumb in a wet meadow.

Brown Argus resting on lady's thumb in a wet meadow.

Common Blue paire mating on a knapweed in a wet meadow.

Common Blue paire mating on a knapweed in a wet meadow.

Common Blue paire mating on a knapweed in a wet meadow.

Adonis Blue male resting on a faded scabious on dry calcareous hillside.

Adonis Blue male resting on a faded scabious on dry calcareous hillside. Lot, France.

Chalkhill Blue male gathering nectar of oregano flowers in a calcareous grassland.

Common blue male enjoying the last rays of sunlight of a late afternoon in a calcareous meadow.

Adonis Blue male gathering nectar of oregano flowers in a calcareous grassland.

Common Blue male landed in a wet meadow.

Common Blue rubbing its wings against each others, perched in a wet meadow.

Common Blue male installed for the night on a faded knapweed.

Adonis Blue resting in a dry calcareous grassland.

Adonis Blue female resting on a Automn Squill flower. Lot, France.

Adonis Blue male resting in a dry calcareous grassland. Lot, France.

Adonis Blue male resting in a dry calcareous grassland. Lot, France.

Adonis Blue paire mating on a bush branch. Despite his damaged wings, the male, on the left has succeeded in seducing a female.

Adonis Blue paire mating on a bush branch. Despite his damaged wings, the male, on the left has succeeded in seducing a female.

Adonis Blue paire mating on a bush branch. Despite his damaged wings, the male, on the left has succeeded in seducing a female.

Adonis Blue male gathering nectar of oregano flowers in a calcareous grassland.

Common Blue male resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Adonis Blue gathering nectar of a Bird's-foot Trefoil flower. Hidden in the heart of flowers, a spider is getting ready to capture his prey.

Holly Blue gathering nectar of apple mint flowers.

Short-tailed Blue gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow.

Escher's Blue male resting on a shrub in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Escher's Blue male resting on a shrub in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Escher's Blue male resting on a shrub in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Reverdin's Blue female resting on a shrub leaf.

Provence Chalk-hill Blue mating on a Spanish broom flower in a wasteland bordering the Drôme. The male, above, is an aberration. Diois, France.