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Long Tailed Blue

Lampides boeticus

Description:

Looks extremely worn, like a female Common Blue but appears to have 2 small tails. Pic 3 shows the plant and an out of focus underwing view.

Habitat:

Estuary bank

1 Species ID Suggestions

Long Tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus Lampides boeticus


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1 Comment

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

I guess the tails are pretty worn out too. I think the strong white submarginal band differentiates it from another possible candidate - Lang's Short Tailed Blue, Leptotes pirithous. Check here to compare: http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_p...

Portugal

Spotted on Jun 23, 2014
Submitted on Nov 21, 2014

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