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Old 05-08-2009, 10:43 AM
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Re: Small or Holly blue, ID needed please

Well I still think it's a Small Blue
Here are a couple of shots from the Gallery to try and illustrate the points I made earlier. First one of your Small Blue shots, note the pale rings to the spots and the fairly small dots on the forewing underside.

And here's a Holly Blue from Jon which lacks obvious pale rings to the spots and shows the dashes on the underside of the forewing.

Also Holly Blues tend to have a fairly uniform metallic bluey silver underside, whereas in Small Blues there is more of a contrast between the metallic blue at the base of the wings and the greyish colour on the rest of the underside, although this feature can depend a lot on the condition of the butterfly!
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