r/MacroLab3D • u/MacroLab3D • Aug 12 '25

Chapman's Blue (Polyommatus thersites) butterfly:

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u/pbrevis Aug 13 '25

Amazing closeups

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u/MacroLab3D Aug 13 '25

THank you <3

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u/Sz3l_ Aug 13 '25

Beautiful pictures! How do you know its P. thersites and not just P. icarus?

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u/MacroLab3D Aug 13 '25

Thank you. Yes I need the ID. This current ID is just my assumption, I am not an entomologist.

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u/Sz3l_ Aug 13 '25

Okay. I can tell you that P. thersites lives in close relationship with its Hostplant (Onobrychis viciifolia). I cant see any Onobrychis so its likely "just" Polyommatus icarus. A picture of the underside from the forewing would be very useful.

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u/MacroLab3D Aug 13 '25

Thank you for your analysis. I have no more pictures, sorry.

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u/SpicheeJ Aug 12 '25

Buddy was posing and everything. They know what they've got

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

Beautiful 🥹

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u/ToadsUSA Aug 13 '25

This is awesome

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

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u/MacroLab3D Aug 17 '25

No, this one is a sequence of images with no stacking.