Gram Blue

Description:

Lycaenidae; Lycaeninae; Polyommatini; Euchrysops cnejus cnejus Fabricius 1798.

Habitat:

Spotted along with numerous other Polyommatini spp. on grasses in rice mill back yard, bordering on a rice field. There were so many that every step I took would start up some more. They would just fly to another perch a few feet away and settle down like nothing happened. It was as if they had no fear of humans, but just did not want to be stepped on.