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Small Blue

Cupido minimus

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Period: May to June
Size: 18–27mm

The smallest of the UK butterflies. The sexes are similar in appearance. This butterfly is found at only a couple of locations'in Yorkshire. They are often found in small discrete colonies alongside roadsides or railway embankments containing a good amount of Kidney Vetch its larval foodplant.

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