August and September

These months the butterflies in the field are dominated by blues and their close relatives the coppers. In August there was a flush of second brood Map butterflies.  A first for the field was a Provencal short tailed blue Everes alcetas. -Old camera

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And then below a small copper (Lyaena helle) in all its glory - new camera.

And lastly its dull but lovely relative the Sooty copper (Heodes tityrus) new camera:                                     

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