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Small Blue - Cupido minimus - male (top row) - female (bottom row). Wingspan 25mm. Britain’s smallest butterfly; extremely active in sunshine, lethargic on overcast days. Adults have smoky-brown upperwings, those of males having a purplish iridescence; underwings of both sexes are grey with small black dots. Flies June–July. Larva is grub-like and feeds on Kidney Vetch. Very locally common in England, Wales and southern Ireland; usually associated with chalk grassland because of larval foodplant’s requirements.
- Copyright
- PAUL STERRY/Nature Photographers Ltd
- Image Size
- 3543x2485 / 2.9MB
- www.naturephotographers.co.uk
- Contained in galleries
- BUTTERFLY CUT-OUTS, BUTTERFLIES

