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LYCAENIDAE	Brown Argus Chalkhill Blue Adonis Blue Common Blue Holly Blue | 1 | 2  | 3 | 4 | 5 | Small Copper	Aricia agestis Lysandra coridon Lysandra  bellargus Polyommatus icarus Celastrina argiolus Lysaena phlaeas

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	Aricia agestis Brown Argus 29.5.2005 New Monks Farm Disused arable field https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=agestis
	Lysandra coridon Chalkhill Blue - male Nr. Truleigh Hill, Shoreham Size:  38 mm https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=coridon
	Larval Foodplant: Horseshoe Vetch (Occasionally Bird's-foot Trefoil and other legumes)
	Lysandra  bellargus  Adonis Blue recorded: 26.5.2003 Mill Hill, Shoreham Size:  27-32 mm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis_blue
	Notes: pair mating. Larval  foodplant : Horseshoe Vetch

	Polyommatus icarus Common Blue - male 29.5.2005 New Monks Farm Disused Arable Field
	Polyommatus icarus Common Blue - male recorded: 27.7.2003
	Foodplants : Bird's foot trefoil
	Polyommatus icarus (f) Common Blue 20.8.2005 Garden
	Polyommatus icarus Common Blue - female recorded : 25.5.2004 site: Lancing Ring Meadows https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=icarus
	Celastrina argiolus  Holly Blue 20.4.2005 Mash Barn Lane https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=argiolus
	Celastrina argiolus  Holly Blue - St Bernards Court, Lancing 5.4.2005
	Celastrina argiolus  Holly Blue - female Wingspan:  30  mm
	Larval foodplant 1st brood : Holly or Dogwood, Spindle Gorse, Bramble, Raspberry, Hop 2nd brood : Ivy
	Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue Lancing Ring Meadows 25.5.2004
	Celastrina argiolus   Holly Blue 18.05.2023
	Lysaena phlaeas            Small Copper Wingspan:  25 mm recorded : site: Meadows, Lancing Ring https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=phlaeas

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