Cranberry blue

Plebejus optilete
Gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae)

Small blue butterfly, the upper surface of the ♂ is dark blue and for the ♀ brown with a blue tinge with a small orange eye on the rear wing. For both sexes, the under surface is light grey with black markings and a distinctive orange-blue eye along the rear wing edge.
 
Prefers heath with small ponds and cranberry, blueberry bushes.

⇔ wsp. 30-32 mm

syn. PLEBEIUS OPTILETE

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The whole family is similar in many respects and are typically separated by the markings on the under-surface of the wings.

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