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Felix, Paul Whetton and I have both taken photographs of a Common Blue Female abberation. We took them at different sites and a year or so apart, mine at Upton Fen Norfolk, and Paul's at Aston Rowant.

Could you help with putting a name to the abberation if it has one please?

many thanks on behalf of

Paul Whetton & grumpy (Dave Clay)

Hi Paul and Dave,

For the Aston Rowant specimen I would offer ab. fusca-supracaeruleolunulata, on account of the wings being blue to the costa margin but without the orange lunules; although the area is ringed with blue scaling as if the lunules were present.

The Norfolk specimen looks like ab. fusca-caeruleolunulata; as above but predominantly brown in colour rather than blue.

Hope this helps, and sincere apologies for the delay in responding to you.

Felix.

Hi Felix

No worries about the delay and many thanks for offering up some names for these abs. Much appreciated.

Paul

Hi Felix, thankyou for your help with the identifications, as Paul says no worries about the delay, just chuffed to dot the i and cross the t !.

Many thanks

Dave Clay (grumpy), or so the wife says!