The
Adonis blue (
Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae, found in Europe and parts of West Asia. This photograph, taken in a chalk meadow at
Yoesden Bank in
Buckinghamshire, England, shows the underside of the folded wings of a male Adonis blue; the upper side is a bright, sky-blue.
Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp