Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
Status .....Common, often in urban situations. Populations suffer from extreme parasitism every few years, rendering it a common species some years and almost totally absent in others.
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Photographed at Mapperley, Nottingham August 2010
 
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Photographed at Worksop, April 2007
   
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UK distribution of Celastrina argiolus
 

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