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Tony Moore · Post by **Tony Moore** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:26 pm

This was photographed in Bulgaria in June. I think it is Chequered Blue - would someone kindly confirm (or otherwise

).

Tony M.

Post by **Padfield** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:52 pm

I think that's a female Eastern baton blue, Scolitantides (Pseudophilotes) vicrama.

Guy

MikeOxon · Post by **MikeOxon** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:04 pm

padfield wrote:Eatern [sic] baton blue

It looks intact to me - no nibbles out of the wings

Mike

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:14 pm

MikeOxon wrote:
padfield wrote:Eatern [sic] baton blue
It looks intact to me - no nibbles out of the wings
Mike

It's this modern habit of phonetic spelling that causes problems, it's an Eton baton blue (probably on holiday during the parliamentary recess)

Tony Moore · Post by **Tony Moore** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:16 pm

Thanks, Guy - aarrrrggh!

TM

Post by **Padfield** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:17 pm

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!

Guy

Post by **Padfield** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:20 pm

Antonym wrote:Thanks, Guy - aarrrrggh!

TM

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.

Guy

MikeOxon · Post by **MikeOxon** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:46 pm

padfield wrote:I blame my upgrade to Windows 8

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!

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.

Mike

David M · Post by **David M** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:48 pm

Agreed. And hats off to Guy as I thought it was Chequered Blue as well.

Tony Moore · Post by **Tony Moore** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:31 am

The 'AAARrrrggh!' was just that I managed to get it wrong - again....

T.

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