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Message: <blockquote data-quote="balkantrek" data-source="post: 1521951" data-attributes="member: 53352">I suppose part of me is looking to find a way to justify the identification of this as a female Zephyr Blue (Plebejus pylaon). It seemed an excellent match with a photo in my Lafranchis book, but I haven't been able to come up with any other similar pictures of female Zephyr's with which to compare it. Also, as usual, there seems to be a lot of variation possible in the species. I also briefly considered Reverdin's Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon), but probably both of these ideas were just wishful thinking and I ought to have considered more carefully that it could simply be our old friend the Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus).  Anyway, for the moment I am still clutching on to me hope of a Zephyr! Until someone else can put me right!</blockquote>