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Zebra Blue or Plumbago Blue

Leptotes plinius

Habitat:

Shrubs

Notes:

This small butterfly is blue in colour in the top with zebra pattern on the bottom. The flatten caterpillars are either brown or green in colour. They pupa in curled leaf. Both male and female underneath are patterns of white bands on brown colour, and an arc of black spots around the margin of each hind wing. There are two eyespots on each hind wings, the first eyespot is with a small tail.

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eeptii x
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eeptii x

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Dec 21, 2014
Submitted on Dec 27, 2014

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