Not long ago, I've been invited to the "lepidopterologistic cottage" in southern foothills of the Beskydy Mountains, where "Duskies" have been occupying two wetland (but still easily walkable) meadows - along with Scarce Large Blue and some "commoners". Depsite many opportunities, this is the only photo I'm satisfied with (although slightly resharpened). A good, lucky circumstances, I guess.
Later on, I started to look for him in my village, but it was too late. Monitoring says that it was only my own fault
I know he's not exactly a representative of the beauty of butterflies. But I totally like him for being completely different from other Blues. Dusky has special, interesting habitat and life cycle as well.
After closer research I see how globally rare the species is - eg. in France. He's registered as "Near threatened" here, I think mostly because of the Natura 2000 standards. They can be often found in the meanders of the Oder river. Since they are more dispersing and less management-sensitive than Scarce Large Blues, they find "better home" here than other Phengaris Blues.
