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Meleageria daphnis

Meleager's Blue

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Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Female

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Female, form steeveni

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, July 2006

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Female

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Typical female

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

Female

 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

Female
 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

Male
 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

Same female as above
 

Macedonia, Greece, July 2000

Great contrast between sexes on underside
 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2003

 

A very distinctive blue. The scalloped hindwings are very distinctive in this species and the female upperside is unique and unmistakable. The males are of a bright powder blue. Both sexes are large.

It flies across much of central eastern and south eastern Europe but it seems to be very local and uncommon. In western Europe it flies in northern Italy, northern Spain and southern France. I've also found it in the Rhône valley in Switzerland.

 

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