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Natural History Photographs
by Cor Zonneveld
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Family Lycaenidae - subfamily Lycaeninae - tribe Polyommatini
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genus Polyommatus
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Polyommatus ainsae/dolus
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Ainsa, Spain; July 1993.
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The species dolus and ainsae are hard to tell apart; you have to count their chromosome number, which is not too easy from a slide.
Based on its size, I would guess this is A. ainsae; it also fits nicely with where I took this photograph.
Landscape near Ainsa.
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Polyommatus albicans
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Collado de Foradada (near Ainsa), Spain; July 1993.
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The identifications as albicans rather than hispana is largely based on the flight time...
Notice that the black antemarginal spots of the female (top) appear to be silver-studded!
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Polyommatus coridon
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Reutte, Austria; July 1989.
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Saas Fee, Switzerland; July 1991.
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Dagro (Tessin), Switzerland; 26 July 2007.
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Polyommatus eros
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Passo de Lucomagno (Tessin), Switzerland; 15 July 2007.
Accompanied by Plebeius idas (right)
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Polyommatus icarus
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Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 29 July 2006.
top row, female; bottom row, male.
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