Polyommatus icarus f. icarinus

A Common blue male not so common because it lacks an eye spot in the forewing cell. This ocelle is used to differentiate several Blue species, it can be difficult not to confuse this form with other species.

Nonards, Limousin, France

Photo ID: Polyommatus_icarus_f._icarinus.002

Photo size: 24.0 Mpixels (68.7 MB uncompressed) - 4000x6000 pixels (13.3x20 in / 33.9x50.8 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Animal, Butterfly, Common Blue, Corrèze, Faune, France, icarinus, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Limousin, Lycaenidae, Macro, Male, Nature, Polyommatinae, Polyommatus, Polyommatus icarus, Wildlife

Published in: Puy d'Arnac - Calcareous hill - Limousin, France, Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), Blues Butterflies (Polyommatinae)