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Thanks Callie --- love the "arty feel" comment, could be construed as slightly perverse if taken out of context !! but I know exactly what you mean and appreciate the comment--- in fact this is a very common butterfly here in Belfast (I saw 21 in my garden last week ) but we don't get the blue sea holly growing around here, so when I saw this in Spain I grabbed it. The blues in the wing edges blend in beautifully with the sea holly's flower heads.
We have the same b'flies here but the flowers are just words, so it is nice to actually see them! It is like meadows and heather ~ words that means nothing to a guys born and bred in a dry, semi desert land. I love the lacework on the wings too, just lovely!
Thanks Steven --- as you say, "pretty as a picture" !
Thanks Indrajeet --- As you know, sometimes it is set up for you, you only have to press the button and pray the insect stays still ! By the way, love your posts on the Hummingbird Hawkmoth which I think Claudia misidentified as a Broad-bordered Bee Hawk (easily done). It is almost certainly the Coffee bee Hawkmoth (Cephonodes hylas).
