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.

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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
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Species Name	Scientific Name
Long-tailed Blue	lampides boeticus
Andalucia Spain © photo: Clive Burrows	Barcelona © photo: Steve Lane

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Lang's Short-tailed Blue	leptotes pirithous
Mallorca © photo: Tristan Bantock

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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

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Alcon Blue	maculinea alcon
Vercors National Park France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Large Blue	maculinea arion
Vercors National Park France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Green-underside Blue	glaucopsyche alexis
Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Black-eyed Blue	glaucopsyche melanops
Northern Spain © photo: Clive Burrows

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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

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Chequered Blue	scolitantides orion
Northern Italy © photo: Bob Hasra	Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Idas Blue	plebejus idas
French Alps © photo: Clive Burrows	Le Boreon, Alpes Maritime France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Zephyr Blue	plebejus pylaon
Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Reverdin's Blue	plebejus argyrognomon
Dijon France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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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

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Mazarine Blue	cyaniris semiargus
Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Blue Argus	ultraaricia anteros
Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Silvery Argus	pseudaricia nicias
French Alps © photo: Clive Burrows

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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

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Furry Blue	agrodiaetuas dolus
Signes Southern France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Escher's Blue	agrodiaetuas escheri
St Paul en Foret, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons	France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Chapman's Blue	agrodiaetuas thersites
Slovakia © photo: Clive Burrows	Les Arc, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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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

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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

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Turquoise Blue	plebicula dorylas
Mons, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons	Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Chalk-hill Blue	lysandra coridon
Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows	Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Adonis Blue	lysandra bellargus
Northern Greece © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Eros Blue	polyommatus eros
Hautes Alpes France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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	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