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NATURE
Butterflies
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Wingspan 30mm
Silvery in flight. Violet-blue upperwings seldom seen well. Rests showing white, black-dotted underwings. Mainly S England and Wales and S Ireland. Two broods, flying April-May, laying eggs on holly, and August-September, laying eggs on ivy.



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