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Female holly blue butterfly....celastrina argiolus, Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
It looks like a chalkhill blue, but I'm not certain. Any suggestions? - Andy Edwards (photographer)

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Photographer: © Andy Edwards (Gallery)(17th March 2008)
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Female holly blue butterfly....celastrina argiolus, Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire

It looks like a chalkhill blue, but I'm not certain. Any suggestions?

A picture of: Brantingham

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Brantingham, Wildlife in England

Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S5600
Exposure Program: Program, Focal length: 63 mm, Aperture: f 3.2, ISO: 64, Exposure time: 1/400 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: April 30, 2007, 5:36 am

ImageID:1056152, Image size: 1608 x 1231 pixels

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Comment by Sue H(18th March 2008)

Perfect shot! I'm no lepidopterist, but I did google the Chalkhill Blue, and I found one picture that was identical. So I would give an uneducated answer and say yes, it is a Chalkhill Blue.

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