COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY Polyommatus icarus. Surrey. UK. Europe

Close-up of a common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) feeding on a creeping thistle flower in a Surrey hedgerow in summer

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36477NDO.jpg

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(c) Papilio/Nigel Downer

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3902x2729 / 1.5MB

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Nigel Downer