This was photographed in Bulgaria in June. I think it is Chequered Blue - would someone kindly confirm (or otherwise ).
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I think that's a female Eastern baton blue, Scolitantides (Pseudophilotes) vicrama.
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It looks intact to me - no nibbles out of the wingspadfield wrote:Eatern [sic] baton blue
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It's this modern habit of phonetic spelling that causes problems, it's an Eton baton blue (probably on holiday during the parliamentary recess)MikeOxon wrote:It looks intact to me - no nibbles out of the wingspadfield wrote:Eatern [sic] baton blue
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Thanks, Guy - aarrrrggh!
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Sorry Mike - your witty correction coincided with my editing my own post! I shall leave the corrected version and acknowledge humbly that sharp eyes spotted it before I did...
... And now, as I post this acknowledgement I find JohnR is there too!!
I blame my upgrade to Windows 8, which resulted, for technical reasons, in my mousepad becoming hyper-sensitive so I have had to change my touch-typing hand position!
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... And now, as I post this acknowledgement I find JohnR is there too!!
I blame my upgrade to Windows 8, which resulted, for technical reasons, in my mousepad becoming hyper-sensitive so I have had to change my touch-typing hand position!
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I take it you'd rather it was chequered blue - sorry! Unfortunately, I'm confident it's not. There are lots of reasons but a sufficient one is the submarginal region of the forewing. In chequered blue there is a strong double row of spots. In Eastern baton the inner row here is strong but the outer one is vestigial, giving the impression of a single row of spots. The hindwing orange pattern is also different, being much stronger and better defined in chequered blue.Antonym wrote:Thanks, Guy - aarrrrggh!
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As I am sure you realise, this is the time of year when one has to find something to write about, in the absence of any butterflies!padfield wrote:I blame my upgrade to Windows 8
Good luck with Windows 8 - I'm still in the dark ages of XP
I should also say to Antonym that those are nice photos of whatever Blue it is.
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Agreed. And hats off to Guy as I thought it was Chequered Blue as well.
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The 'AAARrrrggh!' was just that I managed to get it wrong - again....
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