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Southern common blue \u00a9Albert Miquel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southern common blue<\/h1>\n

This is one of the commonest \u2018blues\u2019 and also one of the most abundant butterflies on Menorca<\/b>. <\/b>It normally first flies at the end of March or beginning of April<\/b>. You\u2019ll find it in fields and on the edges of paths<\/b> and tracks<\/b>, wherever the various food plants \u2013 e.g. clovers and alfalfa \u2013 of its caterpillars grow. Males are the typical electric blue of this family, while the females \u2013 always harder to see \u2013 are very similar to the southern brown argus<\/b> (the main difference is that the latter species has an extra spot under the hindwing) and are brownish, sometimes with a blue suffusion. They take nectar readily from the flowers that the females lay their eggs on. It hibernates as a larva.
\nScientific name<\/strong>:<\/b> Polyommatus celina<\/i><\/p>\n

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