First Blue of the Year.

An infrequent garden visitor is the Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) so when this female was found resting on a rose leaf I took the opportunity to gather a few images.

The Blues.

 Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus).

Photographed on 6 June at Denbies Hillside.

 Silver-studded Blue (Plebeius argus).

 Photographed on 26 June at Whitmoor Common.

Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus).

Photographed on 26 July at Epsom Common.

Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon).

Photographed on 28 July at Denbies Hillside.

Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus).

Photographed on 18 August at Denbies Hillside.

A roundup of the blue flutters I have encountered locally during the past few months.  FAB.

Linking to Macro Monday 2.

Holly Blue.

A Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) captured above the ground at long last using the 17-85 lens [F/10: 1/250: 83mm and cropped] during a brief local patch walk earlier this week just as it was starting to drizzle with rain but not enough to unsettle this flutter.     FAB.