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Blue ID Help
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:06 pm
by Catteraxe
The photo below was taken in the Parc du Mercantour at 1000m on July 1st. As usual assistance with ID is greatly appreciated.
Kevin
Re: Blue ID Help
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:19 pm
by Padfield
The gleaming wings, the two-tone fringe, the black lines coming in from the edges, the rather thick marginal line and the lack of furry androconial scales all point to
dorylas (turquoise blue) in my view.
Guy
PS - compare those features with this
dorylas, photographed this year:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2017/dorylas13may2017a.jpg)
Re: Blue ID Help
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:22 pm
by Catteraxe
Thanks Guy. I was a bit thrown by the faint spotting on the rear wings.
Kevin.
Re: Blue ID Help
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:39 pm
by Padfield
I've just scanned through my pictures and while most have no spotting a few have light spotting, similar to yours:
Guy
Re: Blue ID Help
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:04 pm
by David M
Well done, Kev. Turquoise Blue is an ever present on that track, but you need keen eyes to hunt them down as you only ever seem to see isolated singletons.