An unusual butterfly that is half male and half female recently caught the eyes of ... with splashes of green, blue and purple, a pattern characteristic of males. Johnson spotted the creature ...

We have three species of blue butterfly in Ireland ... The upper surfaces of the wings of the female Common Blue are a mixture of blues and browns, never all blue like the male.

the butterfly spread its wings to reveal that its two right wings were brown with yellow and white spots - characteristic of a female - while the two left wings had the dark green, blue and purple ...

The common blue butterfly could be booming in the UK thanks to recent spells of hot weather, according to a conservation charity. Experts are predicting that the July heatwave and Met Office ...