"Blue" underside

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SimonC69
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"Blue" underside

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Hi people. I'm hopeless at IDing certain Blues from underside only shots, some help with this one (with pointers to help me in future) would be appreciated
Taken 20th August on a site with both Adonis and Chalkhill Blues on the wing.

TIA.
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Well from that angle it has a 50% chance of being either, for me the only clue is the date. Being fresh in August this year moves the percentage to perhaps 70-80% Adonis (assuming the Chalkhills on this site were as early as they were on the ones I visited this year.)
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Re: "Blue" underside

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Well, from what I could see, tha Adonis outnumbered Chalkhill by about 6-1 so that would make sense. Cheers
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