This grid is to provide a quick reference ID guide for those European blues that occur in France. They are all males, except where indicated, although in most cases there is little difference. The original photos have been re-oriented, cropped and reduced, so are of lower quality.
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| Alcon Blue (Maculinea alcon) (F) | Mountain Alcon Blue (Maculinea rebeli) (F) | Large Blue (Maculinea arion) | Scarce Large Blue (Maculinea telejus) | Dusky Large Blue (Maculinea nausithous) |
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| Small Blue (Cupido minimus) | Osiris Blue (Cupido osiris) | Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus) | Provencal Short-tailed Blue (Everes alcetas) | Short-tailed Blue (Everes argiades) |
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| Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) | Mountain Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) | Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) | Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra coridon) | Provence Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra hispana) |
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| Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) | Idas Blue (Plebejus idas) | Reverdin's Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon) | Cranberry Blue (Plebejus optilete) | Zephyr Blue (Plebejus pylaon) |
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| Turquoise Blue (Polyommatus dorylas) | Escher's Blue (Polyommatus escheri) | Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros) | Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) | Chapman's Blue (Polyommatus thersites) |
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| Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) | Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon) | Silvery Argus (Pseudoaricia nicias) | Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes baton) | Chequered Blue (Scolitantides orion) |
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| Damon Blue (Agrodiaetus damon) | Furry Blue (Agrodiaetus dolus) (F) | Ripart's Anomolous Blue (Agrodiaetus ripartii) | Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis) | Black-eyed Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops) |
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| Glandon Blue (Agriades glandon) | Gavarnie Blue (Agriades pyrenaicus) | Alpine Blue (Albulina orbitulus) (F) | Meleager's Blue (Meleageria daphnis) | Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) |
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| Long-Tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) | Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) | Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas) | Amanda's Blue (Polyommatus amandus) |