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This is a close relative, Protocalliphora male.
Protophormia is not that blue.
Protocalliphora is very common on Umbellifera in August. Protophormia is possibly quite rare on the Iberian peninsula.

There are several species of Protocalliphora, separated by male genitalia. By far the most common one is P. azurea.


Theo Zeegers