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Agrodiaetus damon

Damon Blue

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Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, September 2006

 

Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Hautes Alpes, France, August 2005

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2004

 

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Switzerland, July 2004

Female

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2004

Browner underside of female.

 

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Switzerland, July 2004

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2004

Feeding with Piedmont Anomalous Blue, A. humedasae.

 

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Switzerland, July 2004

Shining blue of a fresh male.

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2004

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2004

 

Alpes Maritimes, Italy, August 2004

Communal drinking of salts.

 

Valais, Switzerland, August 2002

Male, broad boarders and gleaming blue uppersides. Unfortunately
my only photo of the male upperside.

 

Provence, France, July 2003

Female, all brown upperside

 

Provence, France, August 2001

Strong underside hindwing white stripe.

 

Provence, France, July 2003

 

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

ssp. noguerae

Bright blue uppersides separated this butterfly from the hundreds of Oberthur's Anomalous Blues, A. fabressei, with which it was flying.

 

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

Female (brown uppersides) flying with male above. Large black spots.
Anyone think it might be something else?

 


This is a species of the mountains. it is found in the Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans and the Carpathians, plus the Montes Universales in Spain. In these latter mountains the subspecies noguerae flies although I'm not sure how it is supposed to differ from the typical subspecies.

It flies in open grassy places where it is strongly attracted to flowers. The males have a lovely soft but bright blue upperside with characteristically broad borders. The females are much like most of the other Agrodiaetus females with completely brown uppersides. Both sexes sport a strong white underside streak.

 

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