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Female common blue butterfly:
Females very variable but never all-blue like the male - always some border markings.
These butterflies were greedily feeding on on the wildflower birdsfoot trefoil: (Lotus corniculatus)
Author: Nigel Pugh
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Photo size: 6.5 Mpixels (18.7 MB uncompressed) - 2161x3025 pixels (7.2x10.1 in / 18.3x25.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: birdsfoot trefoil, butterfly, feeding, Female common blue, Lotus corniculatus, nature, Newport wetlands, reserve, RSPB, wildflower