Blue Spot Hairstreak
Satyrium spini
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Val d'Aran, July 2007
Val d'Aran, July 2007
Switzerland, June 2005
Switzerland, June 2005
Portugal, June 1992
Val d'Aran, July 2002
I first found this butterfly in June 1991 in Portugal, flying in the Algarve and up the west coast. Since then I have seen it in the Pyrenees, in the Val d'Aran, and also in 2005 in Switzerland. It always flies in hot places and enjoys taking nectar from flat headed flower clusters. When in good condition this species cannot be mistaken for anything else, having the characteristic blue spot in the anal angle of the hindwing.