Can some one ID these butterflies please. The photos were taken two weeks ago in Corsica. Photo number 2 and 3 are of the same individual showing upper and underside. Photo 1 is a different individual but of the same species - I think. Photo 4 has different underside patterning which may indicate a different species or perhaps different sex ??
Can't match them to any in my book so be pleased to know what they are.
Thanks
TeeJay
ID Corsican butterflies
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Re: ID Corsican butterflies
Hi TJ. All these are Lang’s short-tailed blue (Leptotes pirithous). The individual showing its upperside is a female.
Leptotes is essentially a genus of tropical and sub-tropical blues. In Europe we have just this one species, found all over the Mediterranean region and occasionally penetrating a little further north.
Guy
Leptotes is essentially a genus of tropical and sub-tropical blues. In Europe we have just this one species, found all over the Mediterranean region and occasionally penetrating a little further north.
Guy
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Re: ID Corsican butterflies
Thanks Guy. I'll go back to my book and study this one more closely.
Richard
Richard