David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Butterflies 70 – Chalkhill Blues
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (m)
CHALKHILL
BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus coridon (m)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (f)
CHALKHILL BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus
coridon (f)
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The male Chalkhill
Blue Butterfly Polyommatus coridon is an attractive, pale blue butterfly, of a
noticeably lighter shade than other male British Blue butterflies. This
distinction is perhaps most evident when it is seen in the company of Common
Blue Butterflies P. icarus and/or Adonis
Blue Butterflies P. bellargus, both of
which may be on the wing simultaneously in shared habitats, usually chalk or
limestone downlands or clifftops. The wing borders of Common Blues are solid
white, unlike those of the Chalkhill and Adonis Blue,
both of which are chequered (but less obviously so in worn individuals). Female
Chalkhill and Adonis Blues are trickier to separate
than their male counterparts although the spots on their uppersides
are white-bordered (and blue-bordered in P. bellargus).
The Chalkhill Blue is prone to more variation than
many butterfly species and aberrations, often with reduced spots on their
undersides, are not uncommon.
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