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NATURE
Butterflies
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Wingspan 32mm
Male has iridescent blue upperwings with black and white margins; female's upperwings brown with orange submarginal spots. Flies May-June and July-August in two broods. Local in S England on chalk downs. Larva feeds on horseshoe vetch.



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