Is it just me or does the Blue on the 29th May here look very strange - http://www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.htm. I'm very happy to be told I'm wrong here, it may just be that I haven't seen a Chalkhill for so long, and the colour is certainly very close to this species, but something seems a bit odd. The lack of a chequered fringe is a bit strange, as are the dark markings, and the wing shape seems closer to one of the smaller blues to me. I may well have got this bit wrong, but I was wondering whether this could be a female butterfly due to the abdomen shape (and the dark spots in centre of the forewing, although I know Chalkhill Blue is a very variable species!). I'm struggling to think of other suggestions as to what this butterfly could be, maybe an extremely weird female Common Blue?
Guy (standing by to be told that this is a standard Chalkhill Blue
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