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Marine Blue

Leptotes marina

Description:

Small blue/grey butterfly with two darker spots on hind-wing. Under wings have light colored "zebra striped" markings. Powder blue upper wing surface with a white outer margin.

Habitat:

Found in a desert arroyo on yellow desert flowers.

Notes:

Identified with the help of bayucca: http://www.projectnoah.org/users/bayucca....

2 Comments

Thank you bayucca :)

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae, Leptotes sp. and in my eyes it should be Leptotes marina not Leptotes cassius.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13113
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2705/bgima...

El Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

Spotted on May 19, 2015
Submitted on May 19, 2015

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