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I photographed this Blue at Martin Down on Saturday, can anyone help me id it please.
not sure if it is Adonis or Common?

thanks for any help.

Nigel
www.nigespencer.co.uk

Hi Nigel,

Looks like Adonis to me: fringes are chequered (black veins extend all the way through the fringe).

Cheers,

N.

Thanks Nik, most appreciated.

I must admit i was hoping it was Adonis rather than common (as I have far less images of Adonis), but sometimes its easy to id the species to what you want it to be rather than what it actually is.

a few minutes after the photograph it flew off and landed on a different grass where I got the following image.

not sure if that helps the ID at all?

thanks again for your help

Nigel
http://www.nigelspencer.co.uk

No doubt about Adonis - Polyommatus bellargus

thanks for your Help, much appreciated