Common Hedge Blue (Male)

Description:

Acytolepis puspa (Horsfield, 1828) (Lycaenidae; Lycaeninae; Polyommatini), the Common Hedge Blue, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea. Its underside is slightly bluish white; the markings, some black, some dusky, but all are large and distinct. Acytolepis puspa cagaya (C.& R.Felder, 1865) is the ssp occurring in Luzon. Erroneously IDd before as Udara placidula kawazoei, the Narrow-bordered Hedge Blue occurring in Luzon.

Habitat:

Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.

Notes:

http://pbh-butterflies.yolasite.com/phil... http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ey4y-tknm/ph... Female: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/872...