Plebejus argus Prees Heath and Great Ormes head

[trehopr1]

Is this species unique for some reason or is it the locality which is of special note ? There seems to be a lot of European Lycaenidae which look similar to these (I have some).

[luehdorfia]

Both are a very special subspecies, especially the great ormes head ones, it’s a protected area now and impossible to get. Anyways, so many lcaenidae look the same but are totally different. Just looking the same doesnt say so much.

[nomad]

The Prees Heath population is not a subspecies! The colony is now protected within a nature reserve. The example from Great Ormes Head is the endemic British caernensis  with especially blue females. You can see some other nice examples here 

collector-secret.proboards.com/thread/137/north-wales-search-endemic-butterflies