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Sky-blue Hairstreak

Pseudolycaena damo

Description:

While I was walking in the park an hour before sunset, this beautiful butterfly zoomed down the path and landed on a leaf in front of me. Its upper wing was a bright turquoise blue. I also saw one more, but it didn't stop.

Habitat:

Beach-fronted National Park and Marine reserve. Tropical and very humid.

Notes:

This site has 1067.9 hectares in land area, 600 ha in coral reef and 22,400 hectares of marine area, home to one of the best-developed coral reefs in the Caribbean and more importantly coast of Costa Rica. It also protects a sample of swampy forest with pure stands of raffia (Arecaceae) and Sangrillo (Fabaceae), as well as a great diversity of epiphytes and very humid forest remnants, typical of this area of ​​life and white sandy beaches of great scenic beauty.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Sky-blue Hairstreak
Pseudolycaena damo Pseudolycaena damo


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2 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 8 years ago

thanks bayucca. It looked like a Lycaenidae, but was quite a bit bigger than any of the ones I have seen so far. So I wasn't sure. Upper wings were electric turquoise. Beautiful.

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Lycaenidae, Pseudolycaena damo.

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Limón, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 3, 2015
Submitted on Jun 4, 2015

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