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Family: Lycaenidae. Flight Time: May-September. Size: 26-32mm Altitude: 50-1200m |
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Provençal short-tailed blue - Everes alcetas
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Family: Lycaenidae. Flight Time: May-September. Size: 26-32mm Altitude: 50-1200m |
This was taken near Axat in the Pyrenées Orientales, France, in the summer of 1996. See also the similar Short-tailed blue Everes argiades. There is also a third species of the genus in Europe, I've not come across it yet though.
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Coronilla varia Crown vetch |
Woodland clearings. |
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