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Blue dawn

This image was awarded the third prize in the 2010 photo competition on the "Animal Kingdom" organized by the Club Photo International at the UN in Geneva

Female Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) clinging to V-shaped flower top. Background circle blur in pink evokes scene at dawn. Frame captured in Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany.

Val d'Orcia, San Quirico d’Orcia, Province of Siena, Italy

File state: Final

Digital image keywords: Behavior, butterflies, clinging, gossamer-winged butterflies, insects, Invertebrates, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, posture, wing-folding insects, winged insects

Published in: Invertebrates, All images, Club Photo International 2010 competition

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