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<blockquote data-quote="Gavia_immer" data-source="post: 1510372" data-attributes="member: 65934"><p><strong>Chapter 3: The other Polyommatus: Amanda's Blue</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Male Amanda's Blue</strong> (<em>Polyommatus amandus</em>)is one of the easiest Polyommatus to ID. It <strong>lacks the cell spot</strong> of Common Blue and the underside is quite characteristic: there's just <strong>a few orange lunules near the lower angle of the hindwing</strong> (pic a). If you compare to Common and Chapman's those have complete set of orange spots in the hindwing.</p><p></p><p>Apart from that, Amanda's Blue male inmediately drives your attention by the <strong>large size</strong> (for a Blue, I mean) and <strong>bright blue</strong> colour (pic b) (common and Chapman's have a violet hue).</p><p></p><p>But be aware that this only works for male Amanda's Blue. <strong>Female</strong> is an enterely different story. She <strong>has the complete set of orange lunules on the underwing</strong> which is a bit deceiving. Her best ID tip is the lack of cell spot and well marked white around the black dots of the underwing. The <strong>upperwing is all brown with a few orange spots on the hindwing</strong> (pic c).</p><p></p><p>Check this great pic in the web to see the difference in the underside of male and female:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/blues/pics/amanda_cop.jpg" target="_blank">male and fem Amanda's Blue</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gavia_immer, post: 1510372, member: 65934"] [b]Chapter 3: The other Polyommatus: Amanda's Blue[/b] [b]Male Amanda's Blue[/b] ([I]Polyommatus amandus[/I])is one of the easiest Polyommatus to ID. It [b]lacks the cell spot[/b] of Common Blue and the underside is quite characteristic: there's just [b]a few orange lunules near the lower angle of the hindwing[/b] (pic a). If you compare to Common and Chapman's those have complete set of orange spots in the hindwing. Apart from that, Amanda's Blue male inmediately drives your attention by the [b]large size[/b] (for a Blue, I mean) and [b]bright blue[/b] colour (pic b) (common and Chapman's have a violet hue). But be aware that this only works for male Amanda's Blue. [b]Female[/b] is an enterely different story. She [b]has the complete set of orange lunules on the underwing[/b] which is a bit deceiving. Her best ID tip is the lack of cell spot and well marked white around the black dots of the underwing. The [b]upperwing is all brown with a few orange spots on the hindwing[/b] (pic c). Check this great pic in the web to see the difference in the underside of male and female: [url=http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/blues/pics/amanda_cop.jpg]male and fem Amanda's Blue[/url] [/QUOTE]
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