Holly Blue

Celastrina argiolus

TQ4792 19/05/2021 ©Raymond Small

Common butterfly that appears early spring much earlier other blue butterflies. It has a tendency to fly high around trees and bushes unlike other grassland blues that normally stay closer to the  ground. It visits holly in spring and ivy during late summer.

TQ4792 03/09/2022 ©Raymond Brown

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