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Adonis Blue
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Valais,
Switzerland, June 2004 |
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Cote d'Or,
France, May 2004 |
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Savoie,
France, May 2005
The lovely
form ceronus or semiceronus. |
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Valais,
Switzerland, May 2006 |
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Cluj, Romania,
June 2006 |
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Savoie,
France, May 2005 |
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Var, France,
May 2005 |
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Alpes de Haute
Provence, France, May 2005 |
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Savoie,
France, May 2005 |
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Pirin Mts,
Bulgaria, July 2004
Please send
comments on the rather violet blue of this specimen. |
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Var, France,
May 2004
Blue form female.
A correspondent has proposed this is approaching the form semiceronus. |
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Var, France,
August 2004 |
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Var, France,
August 2004 |
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Valais,
Switzerland, June 2004 |
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Dorest, UK,
August 2001 |
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Dorest, UK,
August 2001 |
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Dorest, UK,
August 2001 |
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Provence,
France, August 2003 |
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Isère,
France, August 2002 |
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Provence,
France, August 2003 |
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The males of this species are of a glorious
dazzling blue. The blue flashes in the sunlight alternating with the
relatively inconspicuous underside. In the UK it is restricted to open
grassland of the southern chalk hills where it is locally common.
Elsewhere in Europe its habitat preferences seem to be less strict and
it can be found in more diverse habitats where, due to higher
temperatures and a stronger sun, the requirement is relaxed for short
turf and associated hot spot microclimates for the developing larvae.
It is found across Europe but is absent from Scandinavia and in the
UK except from southern England. In north Africa it is replaced by the
very similar Spotted Adonis Blue, Lysandra punctifera. |
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