Chalkhill Blue (Polyommatus coridon)
Natural History Museum2016
The Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom
Specimens photographed for iCollections.
Top left: BMNH(E) 1146197, typical form, Worth Matravers, Dorset, July 1951.
Top right: BMNH(E) 1146738, 'aberration melania', Sussex, August 1935.
Middle left: BMNH(E) 1147003, 'aberration fowleri', Stockbridge, Hampshire, July 1976.
Middle right: BMNH(E) 1146595, 'aberration ultraviridescens', Folkestone, Kent, August 1957.
Lower left: BMNH(E) 1147163, gynandromorph (half female, half male), South Downs, Hampshire, August 1965.
Lower right: BMNH(E) 500248, hybrid between Polyommatus coridon and P. bellargus (Adonis Blue), Sussex, June 1940
- Title: Chalkhill Blue (Polyommatus coridon)
- Creator: Natural History Museum
- Date Created: 2016
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
Interested in Natural history?
Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.