I misidentified the butterfly in two of the photos in this post; I have edited it to show the correct species name.
It turned out to be a rarer butterfly than I thought; I just heard from the expert who checks my reporting on species that the one in the second and third photo is actually a brown argus (Aricia agestis), bruin blauwtje in Dutch, and not a female silver-studded blue.
This one:
Sorry about that.
Note to GF: Yes, we found another rare one! Rarish, anyway.
Great find. Beautiful butterfly. I wonder where the name argus comes from. We have a Meadow Argus here but its a Nymphalid, not a Lycaenid.
It must be exciting to find them, photograph them and being told it is something rare :)
Whatever the name it is still very pretty!
Beautifull post, Upvoted and followed.
Such amazing shots and cool that they are rare I must admit I am amazed how you know the types of them all the only one i know of is the Monarch LOL
Wow!!! how beautiful!!!!
Beautiful none the less and great shots!
Lovely flutter-by's, as always :)
Thank you.
Olympus is always giving the best results. Great shoot my friend
Very beautiful shoots my Friend, good Job :)
Great Shots ! Refreshing !!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Deserve Upvotes !
Excellent shots - that they are remotely rare is such a huge bonus!
Especially when you see them for the first time. Although this time, I thought they were something else when I saw them 8-).
I like that you made the effort to correct your information. Shows integrity :) Beautiful pictures!
Very nice butterflies! :)
Thank you.
Butterlicious, as always :)
Brilliant photos, once again!
Thank you!
Awesome shots, @ocrdu! Really beautiful! ;)