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Polyommatus icarus f. caerulea
It's the blue suffusion on the top of the wings that sets it apart from other females who are brown. She gathering nectar of potentilla and mint flowers in my wet meadow.
Photo ID: 001_Polyommatus_icarus_f._caerulea
© Anne SORBES
Photo size: 20.0 Mpixels (57.1 MB uncompressed) - 5472x3648 pixels (18.2x12.2 in / 46.3x30.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Animal, Butterfly, caerulea, Common Blue, Corrèze, Female, France, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Limousin, Lycaenidae, Macro, Nature, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Polyommatinae, Polyommatus, Polyommatus icarus, Polyommatus icarus f. caerulea, Wildlife