Two Blues for ID - Romania (1 Viewer)

Cristian Mihai

Cristian Mihai

• Jul 11, 2010

• #1

Please help me to ID these butterflies.

 

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Cristian Mihai

Cristian Mihai

• Jul 12, 2010

• #2

Some opinions?

 

Cristian Mihai

Cristian Mihai

• Jul 12, 2010

• #3

Provencal Short-tailed for the first one and Short-tailed for the second?

 

Davebutterflyman

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• Jul 12, 2010

• #4

I would agree with that Cristian but would point out that worn Short-tailed Blue can lack a lot of the orange in the lunules you would normally see in fresh specimens so sometimes giving the appearance of Provencal Short-tailed Blue and it's not inconceivable that a first brood specimen (April to June) could be still on the wing when second brood specimens are emerging (July to August).

 

Cristian Mihai

Cristian Mihai

• Jul 12, 2010

• #5

Thank you very much for your interesting input, Dave.