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Cassius Blue

Leptotes cassius

Description:

The wingspan is 20–35 mm and is known to feed on the nectar of blue and violet flowers.

Habitat:

Leptotes cassius, commonly known as the Cassius Blue or Tropical Striped Blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Florida and the Keys, Texas south through the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America to South America.

Notes:

The caterpillars feed natively on Fabaceae. Foodplants on record are Amorpha crenulata, Woolly Rattlepod (Crotalaria incana), Galactia regularis and Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus). It can also successfully develop feeding on Cape Leadwort (Plumbago auriculata) or Doctorbush (P. scandens), which (among the eudicots) are not closely related to its usual foodplants.[1]

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2 Comments

celestialprincess101
celestialprincess101 10 years ago

Thank you :)

Caroline.V.
Caroline.V. 10 years ago

Love it

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Spotted on Jun 11, 2013
Submitted on Jun 11, 2013

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