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Common tit Butterfly

Hypolycaena erylus

Description:

The male butterfly is pale blue to dark brown above, dark shining purple depending on the light. It has a black border with the upper forewing having a large black discal area of modified scales. The female butterfly is dark brown and its hindwing has a white disconnected discal band above the tornus.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Common Tit Butterfly
Hypolycaena erylus Image of Hypolycaena erylus from iNaturalist.org


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9 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you Harumkoh :)

HarumKoh
HarumKoh 10 years ago

beautiful butterfly!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

@Reiko : I use normal digital camera (Nikon coolpix with resolution of 8MP) :)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Sckel :)
You should see this, my fav shot :)(Taken using compact cam)
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/146...

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Great, Adarsha B S. I use a compact camera, I know how hard it is to shoot one of these. I'm getting cross-eyed.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Kranti :)

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 10 years ago

Superb ! Difficult to catch it with compact camera !!

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

Welcome Adi :)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Thank you so much Agnes :)

Adarsha B S
Spotted by
Adarsha B S

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jun 14, 2013
Submitted on Jun 28, 2013

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