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| Blue spots on the hindwing margins are seen frequently (of the five individuals we observed in 2015, three were of this form), but not consistently in terms of number or shape - they can range from just the merest fleck to four full spots. They can appear on both males and females alike, and don't seem to be age-related |
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| Examples of just slight caeruleopunctata - that on the right might be called the "limiting case"! |
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| These extreme closeups show that the spots are not coherent "blobs" but rather a random scatter of individual blue wing-scales |
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