Family: Lycaenidae 1576     *     Lysandra bellargus     *     Adonis Blue Formerly a Priority species, no longer listed Wingspan: 38mm Flight time: Two generations, May-June and August-September Habitat: Southern chalk and limestone downlands with short turf Larvae only feed on Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)

Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus
The Purbecks and Badbury Rings, Dorset. August 2008 and 2016. May 2017