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Candalides absimilis, the pencilled blue or common pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia , including Queensland , the Australian Capital Territory , New South Wales and Victoria .
Plebejus argyrognomon has a wingspan of 28–34 mm. These small butterflies present a sexual dimorphism.The upperside of the wings is violet-blue in males, with a narrow, black border and a white fringe, while in the females it is dark brown, with black bordered orange lunules at the outer edge, especially visible on the hindwings. [4]
It has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it the name of the silver-studded blue. P. argus can be found across Europe and east across the Palearctic , but it is most often studied in the United Kingdom where the species has experienced a severe decline in population due to habitat loss ...
It is a small butterfly with both generation dimorphism and sexual dimorphism. For the first generation the upperside is blue with grey hind-wings and in the female a sub-marginal line of orange spots. The summer generation of the female is brown with the same sub-marginal line of orange spots while they are absent in the lighter male.
The brilliant blue color in the butterfly's wings is caused by the diffraction of the light from millions of tiny scales on its wings. It uses this to frighten away predators, by flashing its wings rapidly. The wingspan of the blue morpho butterfly ranges from 7.5–20 cm (3.0–7.9 in).
Polyommatus (Plebicula) dorylas, the turquoise blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Ural Mountains, Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Its wingspan is 15–17 mm. The butterfly's common name comes from the dazzling bright blue colour of male's wings.
Phengaris rebeli (formerly Maculinea rebeli), common name mountain Alcon blue, [1] is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first found and described in Styria , Austria, on Mount Hochschwab around 1700. [ 2 ]
Pseudophilotes sinaicus, the Sinai baton blue, one of the world's smallest butterflies, [2] [3] lives only on mountainside patches of Sinai thyme in an arid corner of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt called Saint Katherine Protectorate.