This is an Aricia agestis (I believe) that I met one year ago at Tours (in France) with a tiny insect (parasit ?) on its wing.
Done with a Huawei P8 Lite, during a sunset.
Sunset Butterfly.
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Lycaenids are beautiful and have a very delicate flight <3. However, pinning them (to keep them in a biological collection) it's hard because they're ridiculously fragile.
I also can see a mini-fly on this butterfly wing :)
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What I love about these butterflies is the difference between the top and the bottom of their wings 😍
It's fun because all Aricia that I met during this day had this little fly. So I asked myself if they are not a parasit...
I love their french name too. It's "collier de corail" (coral necklace)
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I don't think those flies are parasites, they probably just use the butterfly to move around without moving and spending energy :)
"Collier de corail" sounds beautiful <3 we call them "maripositas" (little butterflies) here, I wish we had a cute name for them :(
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Nice!
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