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Cyanophrys miserabilis
My first spot of the 2013, here we go photo take in my backyard small beauty pale green on the underwings looks like one of the hairstreak but i never seen this one. around 2 cm wingspan. Its feeding on a wild flowers. Hindwing with one tail. Face brown. Upperside steel blue. Underside yellow-green; hindwing outer margin with red-brown submarginal spots.
Thorn scrub and seasonally dry subtropical woodland. Costa Rica north to northern Mexico and South Texas.