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Gaika Blue or Tiny Grass Blue

Zizula hylax

Description:

One of the smallest butterflies in the Philippines. Due to the sometimes short periods of rain for the flowering of its hostplants, the larval stage duration of the butterfly is often very rapid and incomplete, producing butterflies of variable size and some of these small butterflies can have a wing expanse less than 10 mm.

Habitat:

Urban garden.

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Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Spotted on Feb 17, 2015
Submitted on Feb 17, 2015

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