common blue

So after the not-orange-tip, I continued chasing butterflies around the meadow below the ridge. The next one caught my eye with flashes of incredible lavender-blue. And this one I was able to identify. The Norwegian name highlights its favorite host plant. Tiriltunge is so much more poetic a...

...nectaring on verbena flowers...

Not that I'm proposing that as a Sunday theme for everyone. Just that I thought I'd post some butterflies today, and it happens to be Sunday. I think this one was a Common Blue, but it was too tattered to be sure.

I have chosen not to crop this image too much to emphasize the small size of this butterfly when compared to that of the sweetpea flowers.

Seen in the garden on Achillea flowers...

A Common Blue, taken at North Warren in May

We've had only a couple of these in the garden - luckily they've both posed for a photo!

Our Verbena flowers have turned out to be very attractive to butterflies...

Common Blue

The commons were mixed in with Brown Argus making wings folded ID rather difficult, however they did open up every now and then in the sun showing their beautiful colouring. Dave

I've decided to set myself a challenge of photographing as many kinds of butterfly as I can this year. It's a bit late to start this but it may give me an easy target to beat next year! Today I went out hoping to see a Clouded Yellow - no luck with that but I did see many other species...

Yesterday, I went to the Quiberon peninsula to look for graylings and other butterflies. After walking in the scrub for hours, I scrambled down a ditch by the coastal road to get this shot, my very last shot of the day. I was hot and tired and I fancied a nice cold lager outside the small caf ...