Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus male butterfly feeding on heather. →
Polyommatus icarus male butterfly feeding on heather. →
Vanessa atalanta butterfly feeding on flowers of Buddleia 'Royal Red'. 2017 has been an exceptional year for this species. →
Acasis viretata moth resting on a lichen covered wall. Green when freshly emerged, the colour of the wings quickly fades to yellow, making sense of the common name. →
Polyommatus icarus female. Flatford Mill, Suffolk. I would usually associate females with this much blue on the upperwing with more upland or northern locations where they can be almost as blue as the males (but with obvious orange lunules on the upperwings). →