Anyhoo, being a resident of the Northern half of England it's rare that I get a chance to see chalkhill blues and an even rarer treat to see adonis. Consquently (and I'm getting my excuses in early), I find it hard to reliably differentiate between the females of these two species. I've read all that stuff about blue scales near the spots on the hindwings of the adonis... but these features aren't always so clear on faded specimens. My plea for anyone to post pictures of second brood female adonis from the site went unheeded... probably because it seems to be early in their flight period.
Piers, very kindly offered to give me some help with IDs... so... here are a few example photos of 'brown' females taken from my visit to site. Of course, everyone else is also invited to cast an eye and offer their opinions. I'm sure they're mostly, if not entirely, chalkhills... but I'd be very pleased if I had managed to capture the odd adonis.
There are further examples (about 30 photos - though some are of the same individuals) on my Flikr Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16155010@N04/). Currently they are on page 1, all starting with a code like P1120258-6by4.
Thanks in anticipation, celery
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I think this is the same individual as 8.
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probably same individual as 14.
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