Green-underside blue - Glaucopsyche alexis

	Family: Lycaenidae. Flight Time: March - July Size: mm Altitude: 0-1900m
The Black-eyed blue is quite similar to this species, The underside wing edges are unmarked in this species though, and the area near the body is usually suffused green. These photos are courtesy of Mark Ogden, who took it in Bulgaria

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