blues

Adonis Blue butterfly Polyommatus bellargus and Carthusian carnation Dianthus carthusianous

Harebell illustration, slightly idealised and with extra blooms, completed for a packaging job.

Male Emperor dragonfly cut to white showing distinctive green and turquoise colouring

Common or Peleides blue morpho butterfly Morpho peleides.  Butterfly is on a leaf with magnified detail of the structure of the wing scales.  These ridges cause iridescence.  Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Large blue butterfly Maculinea arion male showing underside of wings

Small scabious Scabiosa columbaria with flower detail and showing vegetative growth along a stolon

Jacobs ladder Polemonium caeruleum with leaves and bright blue flowers

Iris in gravel with blue petals

Iris in gravel with blue petals