Flight-period Central Europe: from May to Mid October

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Imago

Conservation Status in Austria: Near Threatened (NT)

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Austria
Vienna - Austria

English:Adonis Blue
German:Himmelblauer Bläuling
Danish:
Date:07/06/2008
Location:Austria, Niederösterreich, Perchtoldsdorfer Heide
 
Copyright:Per Hoffmann Olsen
Camera:Canon EOS 7D
Lens:Sigma 150mm 1:2.8 APO Macro
 

There are other butterflies very similar to this species, like the P. thersite or P. icarus. Photos alone are often not enough to determine this species.

One indicator that this Male is the P. bellargus are the dark veins continuing out into the white margins of the wing upper- and undersides. On Females this feature is not that prominent.

 

Same species