Three French blues for ID
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:19 pm
I saw these three blues on a road verge at Aleyrac (Drôme, SE France) on 8 June 2023 - limestone grassland amid downy oak woods/scrub - can anyone please help with the ID?
1) maybe male Escher's Blue - a largish, Adonis-sized/shaped blue - the poor second photo is included as it gives a hint of the upperwing colour.
2) I think one of the Plebejus spp - it was a particularly reluctant photographic subject, continuously moving and rarely settling at a helpful angle.
3) I think Provence Chalkhill Blue hispana, given the date.
1) maybe male Escher's Blue - a largish, Adonis-sized/shaped blue - the poor second photo is included as it gives a hint of the upperwing colour.
2) I think one of the Plebejus spp - it was a particularly reluctant photographic subject, continuously moving and rarely settling at a helpful angle.
3) I think Provence Chalkhill Blue hispana, given the date.