African grass blue - Zizeeria knysna

The 'flower bed' blue. In Tenerife, above, these blues lived in flower beds around built up hotel complexes also I've seen them in Portugal in March, seemingly shunning 'natural' habitat, they frequented a grass lawn next to the swimming pool that was sprinkled every day.

I also saw a few of these in a gorge in Southern Spain. Pictures below;

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