Hertfordshire and Middlesex Branch of Butterfly Conservation

The Lycaenidae family part 3
(The 'Blues')

All the pictures of British 'blues' shown on the Sightings page

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Long-tailed Blue (lampides boeticus)

Small Blue (cupido minimus)

Silver-studded Blue (plebejus argus)

Brown Argus (aricia agestis)

Northern Brown Argus (aricia artaxerxes)

Common Blue (polyommatus icarus)

Chalk-hill Blue (lysandra coridon)

Adonis Blue (lysandra bellargus)

Holly Blue (celastrina argiolus)

Large Blue (maculinea arion)

The Lycaenidae family part 1 ~ British Hairstreaks

The Lycaenidae family part 2 ~ British Coppers

Photo House Index

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Long-tailed Blue	lampides boeticus	Vagrant

	Long-tailed Blue seen in Cley, Norfolk 20th July 2002 © photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Small Blue	cupido minimus	Uncertain - possibly extinct

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull

Bedfordshire © photo: Andrew Palmer	Bedfordshire © photo: Andrew Palmer	Bedfordshire © photo: Andrew Palmer

mating pair Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Martin Down © photo: Steve Lane	Martin Down © photo: Steve Lane

College Lake, nr Tring © photo: Allen Beechey	College Lake, nr Tring © photo: Allen Beechey	Dorset © photo: Lee Browne

College Lakes, nr Tring © photo: Colin Sturges	© photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford

Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Dorset © photo: Andrew Middleton

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Silver-studded Blue	plebejus argus	No modern records

© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Steve Lane

Hampshire © photo: Nick Sampford	Hampshire © photo: Nick Sampford	Surrey © photo: Alan Reynolds

© photo: Clive Burrows	Hampshire © photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Brown Argus	aricia agestis	Resident

	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Uxbridge, Middlesex © photo: Steve Pash	Uxbridge, Middlesex © photo: Steve Pash	Waterford Heath © photo: Tim Hill

Bricket Wood © photo: Glen Barnes	Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Bricket Wood © photo: Glen Barnes

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Colin Sturges	Great Ashby Park, Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Great Ashby Park, Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Ian Hardy	near Bramfield © photo: Andrew Wood

near Bramfield © photo: Andrew Wood	Therfield Heath © photo: Andrew Gaskin	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge

an unusual form Knebworth area © photo: Lee Browne	Bedfordshire © photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Allen Beechey	© photo: Nick Sampford	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Fir & Pond Wood © photo: David Gompertz	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Martin Parr

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Northern Brown Argus	aricia artaxerxes	Non-Resident

© photo: Nick Sampford	Cumbria © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Steve Lane

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Common Blue	polyommatus icarus	Resident

	larva - about 3mm long (26th September 2004) Sewardstone © photo: Andrew Middleton

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie

Fir & Pond Wood HMWT © photo: David Gompertz	Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Frogmore © photo: Ian Hardy

Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood	nr Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Allen Beechey	St. Michael's Mead, Bishops Stortford © photo: Bob Clift

© photo: Allen Beechey	Pirton © photo: Andrew Gaskin	© photo: Allen Beechey

Martin Down, nr Salisbury © photo: Nick Sampford	2nd Brood © photo: Allen Beechey	Martin Down, nr Salisbury © photo: Nick Sampford

St. Michael's Mead, Bishops Stortford © photo: Bob Clift	Cornmill Meadow © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Hemel Hempstead © photo: David Newland

© photo: Lee Browne	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	College Lakes, nr Tring © photo: Colin Sturges

Usual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Unusual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Unusual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton

Unusual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton	lacking inner dot on under-forewing (as per brown argus) 2005 Brimsdown © photo: Andrew Middleton	© photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Chalk-hill Blue	lysandra coridon	Restricted resident

Hexton © photo: Ian Woiwod	Hexton © photo: Ian Woiwod	Hexton © photo: Steve Lane

Hexton © photo: Ian Hardy	Hexton © photo: Darin Stanley	Hexton © photo: Darin Stanley

Hexton © photo: Geoff Horn	Hexton© photo: Geoff Horn	Hexton© photo: Geoff Horn

Kingsmead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds	Kingsmead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds	Kingsmead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds

© photo: Allen Beechey	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Nick Sampford	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray

Aldbury Nowers 2004 © photo: Glen Barnes	Aldbury Nowers 2004 © photo: Glen Barnes	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Nick Sampford

Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Nick Sampford

mating pair Pitstone Hill 2004 © photo: Glen Barnes	a variable Chalk-hill Blue Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: June Crew	a variable Chalk-hill Blue Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: June Crew

showing only two spots across the base of the hind wing close to the body nr Pirton 2005 © photo: Richard Bigg	showing only two spots across the base of the hind wing close to the body nr Pirton 2005 © photo: Richard Bigg	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Adonis Blue	lysandra bellargus	Once resident - now extinct

Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge	female Buckinghamshire © photo: Bob Cripps	female Buckinghamshire © photo: Bob Cripps

Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Isle of Wight © photo: Steve Lane	Isle of Wight © photo: Steve Lane

© photo: Steve Lane	Dorset © photo: Lee Browne	Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge

Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford	Surrey © photo: David Chandler

Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	Surrey © photo: David Chandler	Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge

Adonis Blue was last recorded in Hertfordshire in 1959 (Sawford, 1987)

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Holly Blue	celastrina argiolus	Resident

Stevenage © photo: Ian Hardy	larva on Alder Buckthorn, Ponders End © photo: Andrew Middleton	Colne Valley Park © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Buckhurst Hill © photo: Mark Barclay	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson

Thundridge © photo: Nick Sampford	Bengeo © photo: Andrew Wood	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne

Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	Wheathampstead © photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood	Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	© photo: Archie Lang

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Large Blue	maculinea arion	Non-Resident

West Country © photo: Steve Lane	egg - West Country 2004 © photo: Nick Sampford	West Country © photo: Liz Goodyear

West Country © photo: Nick Sampford	West Country © photo: Nick Sampford	West Country © photo: Steve Lane

West Country © photo: Liz Goodyear	2006 © photo: Steve Lane	2007 © photo: Darin Stanley


	Long-tailed Blue (lampides boeticus)
	Small Blue (cupido minimus)
	Silver-studded Blue (plebejus argus)
	Brown Argus (aricia agestis)
	Northern Brown Argus (aricia artaxerxes)
	Common Blue (polyommatus icarus)
	Chalk-hill Blue (lysandra coridon)
	Adonis Blue (lysandra bellargus)
	Holly Blue (celastrina argiolus)
	Large Blue (maculinea arion)
	The Lycaenidae family part 1 ~ British Hairstreaks
	The Lycaenidae family part 2 ~ British Coppers
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