Common Blue
A male. Marston Marsh, Norwich - August 2023
A female. Bowthorpe, Norwich - August 2023
Bowthorpe, Norwich - July 2023
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - August 2021
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - 31st July, 2021
First of the year! Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - 30th July 2021
Feeding next to a Small Copper, Mile Cross Marsh, Norwich - September 2020
The season for grassland species of butterflies is coming to an end. The male is still fairly intact....
... whereas this male has seen better days. Mile Cross Marsh, Norwich - August 2020
Today, I have been learning how to tell the difference between the underwings of Common Blue and Brown Argus courtesy of the UK Butterflies website. This is Common Blue as it has the extra spot below the bar on the forewing and lacks the figure of eight found on the Brown Argus underwing.
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - August 2020
Earlham Cemetery, Norwich - August 2020
A female photographed at NWT Thorpe Marshes on Saturday 3rd August 2019 ....
... and a female at NWT Thorpe Marshes on Tuesday 6th August 2019