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The Silver-studded Blue - Male, Top

 

male: bright blue

In the subfamily of the actual blues, that the Silver-studded Blue belongs to, the top of the wings of males mostly are blue, whereas on females, they always are brown. 

On the wings of the male Silver-studded Blue, the blue area is framed by a brown margin, that, towards the outer ends, may show faded orange spots. The latter often are not visible at all. Each wing is framed by a band of white fur.

The genders mostly differ in the colors and thus can easily be told apart.


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Photograph by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer