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Polyommatus icarus is a common resident in the Netherlands.\nHabitat: The species occurs in a variety of flower-rich places, irrespective of nutrient level, pH or humidity. habitats include waste ground, grasslands and roadside verges.\nFood plants: Several species of Fabaceae serve as larval food plant.\nFlight Season: Common Blue flies in two, sometimes three generations from mid-May until the end of August, and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\nDistribution: A common species in a great part of Europe, except the north of Scandinavia.\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.
Female common blue butterfly, polyommatus icarus insect sitting on stem. Macro czech animal background
Butterfly of the species Polyommatus icarus perched on a cistus plant typical of the Mediterranean area, Alcoi, Spain
Small common blue female butterfly resting on top of a Snake weed( Persicaria bistorta) flower head.
butterfly pollinates a lavender flower in a lavender field In the evening
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly feeding on a mint flower, sunset light in autumn, close up, macro, shallow depth of the field
Early morning Common Blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, pollinating on a flower in a meadow under bright sunlight.
Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) in the heather.See also my LB:
View of the Brown Argus butterfly from overwing and underwing.
Polyommatus icarus is a common resident in the Netherlands.\nHabitat: The species occurs in a variety of flower-rich places, irrespective of nutrient level, pH or humidity. habitats include waste ground, grasslands and roadside verges.\nFood plants: Several species of Fabaceae serve as larval food plant.\nFlight Season: Common Blue flies in two, sometimes three generations from mid-May until the end of August, and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\nDistribution: A common species in a great part of Europe, except the north of Scandinavia.\n\nThis Butterfly is one of the most common Blue Butterflies in the Netherlands.
Colorful geranium argus butterfly pollinating flower.\n\n[url=/search/lightbox/4993571][IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/3032065487_f6e753ae37.jpg?v=0[/IMG][/url]\nkwsep2013
Lycaenidae butterfly on a flower
Green summer background. A blue butterfly sits on a yellow spring dandelion in a meadow. Natural abstract background
A beautiful little butterfly on a green background. The pigeon is brown. Beauty is in nature.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies \n(behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide.
Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)
Close-up
Plebejus argus is a scarce resident in the Netherlands. The distribution shrunk during the last century. It is no longer found in the coastal dunes, except for those on the Frisian Islands.\nThe species is classified as vulnerable on the 2006 Red List. This is an European Species with a increase in the Southern Parts of Europe.\nHabitat: This Blue butterfly occurs on both dry and wet Heathland, often in the transition zone between the wet and drier parts. The habitat has short, sparse vegetation and patches of bare ground, with young seedlings of Calluna vulgaris or Erica tetralix, the preferred larval food plants.\nFlight Season: The species flies in one generation from the end of June until early August and hibernates as an egg. Various ants, notable Lasius species, are attracted to the caterpillars and pupae.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.
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Butterfly Close Up
Lycaenidae blue butterfly close-up on a clover flower. Polyommatus icarus is a beautiful blue-colored pigeon. A butterfly sits on a blurry green background of grass. Macro wildlife photography
Colorful butterfly on wildflower at sunset
tiny blue butterfly picking minerals from the ground, Silver-studded Blue, Plebejus argus
The most common of the Blue species of butterfly. The female has a shimmering blue and orange & black  scaling across the wings when open whilst the male is a lilac-blue when wings are open.
A beautiful butterfly in nature. Colors of summer. Fabulous background.
Hairstreak butterfly on cosmos flowers.
It is one kind of the lycaenidae which I photographed in Nagano.
The colorful butterfly landed on the girl's finger.
multi-eyed brunette butterflywaiting to get its morning energy
Polyommatus icarus is a common resident in the Netherlands.\nHabitat: The species occurs in a variety of flower-rich places, irrespective of nutrient level, pH or humidity. habitats include waste ground, grasslands and roadside verges.\nFood plants: Several species of Fabaceae serve as larval food plant.\nFlight Season: Common Blue flies in two, sometimes three generations from mid-May until the end of August, and hibernates as a half-grown caterpillar.\nDistribution: A common species in a great part of Europe, except the north of Scandinavia.\n\nThis Butterfly is one of the most common Blue Butterflies in the Netherlands.
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