Chalkhill blue?

[NickC]

We saw some blue butterflies on the Isle of Wight last week, on a steep embankment outside Carisbrooke Castle. I had completely the wrong lens on for active wild butterflies (a 17-85mm), but managed some distant shots, and with some extreme cropping this is what one of them looked like:

Chalkhill blue(?) at Carisbrooke Castle, IoW

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Chalkhill blue(?) at Carisbrooke Castle, IoW

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Having viewed a number of images online, it looks like a male chalkhill blue to me, is that correct please?

[Mark Colvin]

Spot on ... a male Chalkhill Blue.

Kind regards. Mark

[NickC]

Thanks for the confirmation Mark