Talk:Adonis blue

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Ztaffanb2 in topic Description in Seitz

File:Polyommatus bellargus male, Aveyron, France - Diliff.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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The Adonis blue (Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in Europe and parts of West Asia. It prefers a calcareous grassland habitat with hot and dry conditions. This specimen, a male, was photographed in Foissac, Aveyron, France.Photograph: David Iliff

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The Adonis blue (Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found in Europe and parts of West Asia. This photograph, taken in a chalk meadow at Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire, England, shows the underside of the folded wings of a male Adonis blue; the upper side is a bright, sky-blue.

Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp

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The name "Seitz" may not be familiar to all readers - it could be clarified (or linked to Adalbert Seitz perhaps)... Ztaffanb2 (talk) 13:25, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Reply