Talk:Common blue

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Hi, I'll be editing this Wiki page for the next week on/off pretty heavily--if there's something you see that could be changed, please let me know! But also, please don't delete anything as such, as I am still adding and changing. Thank you! sjwang312

I just added seven new subsections and ten citations to support the information under those subsections.

sjwang312, great job adding to this article! I made a few small edits involving awkward wording and organization within a couple sections. I think you could also add to the overview, including some of the more important information you cover in the rest of the article. Also, in the discussion of the butterfly's decline, you give 2 different figures: 15% since the 1970s and 96% since 1901. This should be clarified to avoid misleading and confusing readers. I think you could also include information about larvae in the appearance section -right now only adults are described. Thanks and good luck editing! Hanna peterman (talk) 13:22, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

sjwang312, lots of great information! I made a few small edits as well. I have re-organized the life cycle section, mostly the part on larvae. I moved around a few sentences to make the structure more organized as well as deleted some repetitive sentences. Also, I added citations for distribution and larvae (Leimar 1996, Fiedler 1992, Leon Cortes 1999). Two of the sources were already on the list of references, and I have added Fiedler. Lastly, I moved up the photos in the Gallery section up to the life cycle section. Great work! Stacey uhm (talk) 8:48, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi! I rearranged the whole article because it did not match up with the official outline we got in class. I made the correct section headings and placed the topics you wrote about in the appropriate categories. In addition to this, I made several corrections such as fixing grammatical/phrasing errors and inconsistencies in capitalization of the species name. There are a few things that I think are important to add when revising your page, most notably the taxobox. I noticed that you had some of the taxonomic information, but the box would make it more organized and complete. I also felt that more information was needed about the butterfly's territoriality, mutualism with ants, and mating behavior, all of which were mentioned briefly but not expanded upon. I think it would be useful to have a section on each if you can find that information. Lastly, I think it would be good to add more information to your overview and have a good picture of what the outside of the butterfly looks like, since all the photos you have are a ventral view. Mnoronha456 (talk) 05:11, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed this page and found the Overview to be pretty lacking. I added more information to it to make it more substantial, but feel free to add other relevant things as well. I also went ahead and created links for some of the terms used within the article and made sure everything was cited as well. Overall, good work! Y.shin (talk) 01:58, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I reviewed this page and I think this is a wonderful article with a large amount of information. I have a few suggestions. I think it would be great if you could add a taxonomy box to the right that would include your first image. In addition to that, i think that you could have more information to break up the large bodies of text in your article. Finally, i think that the “larval food plants” subsection under “food resources” could be organized as a bulleted list rather than a sentence. Overall, excellent job! - Z.kelley

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The common blue (Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It has a wingspan of 28 to 36 millimetres (1.1 to 1.4 in); the upper surface of the male's wings is an iridescent blue with a thin black border, while the female's wings are primarily brown, with a variable amount of blue. The underside has a greyish base colour in males and a more brownish hue in females. Common blues sequester flavonoids from their host plants and allocate these ultraviolet-absorbing pigments into their wings. Females do this more efficiently than males, and it is these pigments that attract males. This photograph shows a pair of mating common blues (male on the left, female on the right) in Yoesden, a nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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