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Message: <blockquote data-quote="madamcoolpix" data-source="post: 1531305" data-attributes="member: 46839">I'd go for a Common Blue too, Cristian, in spite of his ragged state!!! :eek!: They are a real challenge to ID when they look like this! I really regret all the pics of ragged Blue Butterflies I've binned, they would have added more fun to this thread now! :-CAnyway, here I'm posting something for confirmation while we wait for Cristian's Holly Blue!Last May, south of Picos de Europa (N Spain), I noticed a bright Blue Butterfly and I thought: "Adonis Blue!". I tried to take a nice picture but failed, couldn't even get the upperwing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />storm<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. The best I got was pic a. But later, I saw it sucking on a rock and took a nice picture (pic b). But when I got home, I realized by the second pic that it had not checkered fringes. Common Blue then??? :eek!: I thought it had bright Blue upperwing, obviously I was wrong!!!But a couple of days ago, I started to get rid of the bad pics taken that day and... look what I found: there were two different Blue Butterflies in that spot, not just one!!! And the pattern of the spots in the underwing of the first Butterfly suits that shown by Gavia in her thread for the Plebicula Blues!!! o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Is this then a Turquoise Blue? If so, I didn't dream, certainly there was a bright Blue Blutterfly around, but Common Blue too.Can somebody confirm I found Turquoise Blue and Common Blue in that spot?Thanks!</blockquote>

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