Butterflies: Common Blue

These are photos of the small common blue (Polyommatus icarus), icarusblauwtje in Dutch. They are well-named, as they are quite common in Europe. You can see them going about their business from april to october.

The females look a lot like the brown argus, and the males are very similar to the silver-studded blue; apart from checking habitat, you need to look at the pattern on the underside of their wings to be sure which species it is you are looking at.

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/500s

Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/500s

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/800s

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/250s

Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/320s

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/320s

Olympus XZ-1, 300mm, ISO100, f8, 1/160s

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/250s

Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/320s

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