tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post3037410935119656273..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: Bees and Butterflies..Colin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-60957869164959303752012-10-09T21:32:40.624+02:002012-10-09T21:32:40.624+02:00I think it is a Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus...I think it is a Long-tailed Blue <i>Lampides boeticus</i>. I've had this species once in the orchard. According to Lafranchis Langs Short-tailed Blue is extinct in 37, although if you were to see it, end of summer is the time. Long-tailed Blues are also a southern, highly migratory species, but even their appearances here are becoming less and less frequent. This is the only butterfly species that I have recorded both here and in Australia, btw. The two species are very similar, but can be distinguished by differences in the white submarginal band on the hind underwing -- which of course is the one bit these photos don't show. The caterpillars eat plants in the pea family. Whichever it is, it is a really good record! Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com