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The Lycaenidae family part 3
(The Blues)

This page includes all the pictures of 'Blues' photographed in Europe and shown on the Sightings page

Note: Photographs are accepted as being correctly identified by the named photographer and this website accepts no responsibility for misidentification. It is noted that some species can be found in Great Britain but are included as the photograph was taken in another European country. No details of distribution or status will be given.

Links to species on this page . . .

Adonis Blue (lysandra bellargus) Geranium Argus (eumedonia eumedon)

Amanda's Blue (agrodiaetuas amanda) Geranium Bronze (cacyreus marshalli)

Alcon Blue (maculinea alcon) Idas Blue (plebejus idas)

Black-eyed Blue (glaucopsyche melanops) Lang's Short-tailed Blue (leptotes pirithous)

Blue Argus (ultraaricia anteros) Large Blue (maculinea arion)

Chalk-hill Blue (lysandra coridon) Long-tailed Blue (lampides boeticus)

Chapman's Blue (agrodiaetuas thersites) Mazarine Blue (cyaniris semiargus)

Chequered Blue (scolitantides orion) Meleager's Blue (meleageria daphnis)

Mountain Argus (aricia artaxerxes)

Damon Blue (agrodiaetuas damon) Panoptes Blue (pseudophilotes panoptes)

Eros Blue (polyommatus eros) Reverdin's Blue (plebejus argyrognomon)

Escher's Blue (agrodiaetuas escheri) Silvery Argus (pseudaricia nicias)

Furry Blue (agrodiaetuas dolus) Turquoise Blue (plebicula dorylas)

Green-underside Blue (glaucopsyche alexis) Zephyr Blue (plebejus pylaon)

Lycaenidae family part 1 ~ Hairstreaks Lycaenidae family part 2 ~ Coppers

Photo House Index

Species Name	Scientific Name
Long-tailed Blue	lampides boeticus

Andalucia Spain © photo: Clive Burrows	Barcelona © photo: Steve Lane

Species Name	Scientific Name
Lang's Short-tailed Blue	leptotes pirithous

Mallorca © photo: Tristan Bantock

Species Name	Scientific Name
Geranium Bronze	cacyreus marshalli

Egg Sardinia © photo: Liz Goodyear	Pupa Sardinia © photo: Liz Goodyear

Three stages Sardinia © photo: Liz Goodyear	Adult underside Sardinia © photo: Liz Goodyear

Algarve © photo: Trevor Chapman	Algarve © photo: Trevor Chapman

Barcelona © photo: Steve Lane	Barcelona © photo: Steve Lane

Sardinia © photo: Liz Goodyear	Egg-laying Sardinia © photo: Liz Goodyear

Species Name	Scientific Name
Alcon Blue	maculinea alcon

Vercors National Park France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Large Blue	maculinea arion

Vercors National Park France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Green-underside Blue	glaucopsyche alexis

Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Black-eyed Blue	glaucopsyche melanops

Northern Spain © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Panoptes Blue	pseudophilotes panoptes

Andalucia Spain © photo: Clive Burrows	Andalucia Spain © photo: Clive Burrows

Andalucia Spain © photo: Clive Burrows	Andalucia Spain © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Chequered Blue	scolitantides orion

Northern Italy © photo: Bob Hasra	Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Idas Blue	plebejus idas

French Alps © photo: Clive Burrows	Le Boreon, Alpes Maritime France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Zephyr Blue	plebejus pylaon

Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Reverdin's Blue	plebejus argyrognomon

Dijon France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Geranium Argus	eumedonia eumedon

French Alps © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Mountain Argus	aricia artaxerxes

Le Boreon, Alpes Maritime France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Mazarine Blue	cyaniris semiargus

Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Blue Argus	ultraaricia anteros

Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Silvery Argus	pseudaricia nicias

French Alps © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Damon Blue	agrodiaetuas damon

Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows	Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows

Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Furry Blue	agrodiaetuas dolus

Signes Southern France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Escher's Blue	agrodiaetuas escheri

St Paul en Foret, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons	France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Chapman's Blue	agrodiaetuas thersites

Slovakia © photo: Clive Burrows	Les Arc, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Amanda's Blue	agrodiaetuas amanda

Lantosque, Alpes Maritime France © photo: Roger Gibbons	Gorges du Blavet, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Meleager's Blue	meleageria daphnis

Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows	Rimplas, Alpes Maritime France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows	Rimplas, Alpes Maritime France © photo: Roger Gibbons

Species Name	Scientific Name
Turquoise Blue	plebicula dorylas

Mons, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons	Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Chalk-hill Blue	lysandra coridon

Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows	Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Adonis Blue	lysandra bellargus

Northern Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name
Eros Blue	polyommatus eros

Hautes Alpes France © photo: Roger Gibbons


	Adonis Blue (lysandra bellargus)		Geranium Argus (eumedonia eumedon)
	Amanda's Blue (agrodiaetuas amanda)		Geranium Bronze (cacyreus marshalli)
	Alcon Blue (maculinea alcon)		Idas Blue (plebejus idas)
	Black-eyed Blue (glaucopsyche melanops)		Lang's Short-tailed Blue (leptotes pirithous)
	Blue Argus (ultraaricia anteros)		Large Blue (maculinea arion)
	Chalk-hill Blue (lysandra coridon)		Long-tailed Blue (lampides boeticus)
	Chapman's Blue (agrodiaetuas thersites)		Mazarine Blue (cyaniris semiargus)
	Chequered Blue (scolitantides orion)		Meleager's Blue (meleageria daphnis)
			Mountain Argus (aricia artaxerxes)
	Damon Blue (agrodiaetuas damon)		Panoptes Blue (pseudophilotes panoptes)
	Eros Blue (polyommatus eros)		Reverdin's Blue (plebejus argyrognomon)
	Escher's Blue (agrodiaetuas escheri)		Silvery Argus (pseudaricia nicias)
	Furry Blue (agrodiaetuas dolus)		Turquoise Blue (plebicula dorylas)
	Green-underside Blue (glaucopsyche alexis)		Zephyr Blue (plebejus pylaon)
	Lycaenidae family part 1 ~ Hairstreaks		Lycaenidae family part 2 ~ Coppers
	Photo House Index