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Zizula hylax
A pair of Tiny Grass Blue mating in my garden where host plants are plentiful. The larger one with the brownish upper wing is the female. The male's upper wing is blue. Usually they stay still while mating, but in this pair she seemed to be trying to get away! She twisted all around the leaf pulling the poor male with her. You can see the male hanging on for dear life in the top photo.
Rural garden in tropical thorn forest area
Spotted on Feb 7, 2017
Submitted on Feb 10, 2017
15 Comments
thanks SukanyaDatta. I have never heard that name before either, and sorry, I didn't check wikipedia.
Wikipedia does list that name :)
thank you grade-78-science4. Where is this butterfly called Gaika Blue? I haven't heard that name before.
thanks Mark and Antonio. My comments are not registering, sorry. Think it must be the dodgy internet here... 3rd time I've tried to post this !
thanks armadeus.4
Zizula hylax, the Gaika blue or tiny grass blue is a species of blue butterfly.
Beautiful capture Pam,perfect for the day :-) congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
thank you Daniele for the SOTD for these 2 tiny butterflies. Posted this 3 times, but it keeps disappearing. But then my internet at the moment is diabolical ! They may be flying somewhere in cyber space now !
uploaded 2 more photos...
Congratulations Pam! Thank you for sharing :)
Zizula hyrax...haha, must be my Japanese daughter-in-law rubbing off on me !! Sorry, didn't notice it before, but I've corrected it.
Great shot. Congratulations.
Congratulations Pam, this is our Valentine's Spotting of the Day!
You may want to correct the scientific name: Zizula hylax
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thank you Daniele. Yes I should have posted this on the 14th. I forgot about Valentines Day !
We might keep this for Valentine's Day :-)
Great picture Pam!