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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gavia_immer" data-source="post: 1521002" data-attributes="member: 65934">Balkantrek, I couldn't help but smile when I checked the pics of the poor bugs in your post o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> That is going to be tough but I am going to give it a try.1. Don't ask me why but I think it is a Long-tailed Blue. It just looks too similar to the hundreds of battered tiny Blues with a violet hue in the upperside that ended being Long-tailed Blues that I have seen in my life. It is certainly a possibility. But I wouldn't be surprised if others don't agree.2. I think it is a female Brown Argus. The orange lunules are well marked all along the wings border. I think I see a hint of checkered fringes too. Plus that little black dot in the middle of the upper frontwings points out to Brown Argus too. Let's see what the others think.3. In the little remainings of the poor bug I think I can see an Escher's Blue. Sure it is a Polyommatus, no cell spot, the orange lunules go all along the underside of the hindwing (luckily the last one was still there to see) and the orange lunules are bordered with black in the outside border. If the pic was taken in the western area of Bulgaria, it should be an Escher's.4. It is a Polyommatus and no matter how faded it is, with that lovely cell spot, only can be our beloved and dreaded Common Blue :-O</blockquote>

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