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Old 09-07-09, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
In fact you wouldn't have known without seeing the outer wings but after researching about, I realised that this is a female silver studded blue. But, you needed to see this view



I didn't know there was such a thing
Hi Chrissy, I've been doing some research in to butterflies and think this is a Common Blue, it has an extra spot on the underside of the forewing that the Silver studded doesn't have (see image of Silver Studded below)



cheers, John
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