Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Insects and ArachnidsConservation: Not Evaluated
A small butterfly of Europe and Asia; males are bright violet-blue above, females mostly brown with orange spots. It flies over grassy meadows, and its caterpillars feed on bird's-foot trefoil.
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