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Cupreous blue

Eicochrysops messapus messapus

Description:

Flight slow among grass and low vegetation. Settles often on stems and flowers. Two subspecies in SA. The pinkish-copper blush of Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoeana is absent from this subspecies.

Habitat:

Hillsides, flatlands and mountain.

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Fanie
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Fanie

Drakenstein Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Aug 23, 2013

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