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Hanno Blue

Hemiargus hanno

Description:

tiny but colorful, this little butterfly lives near the ground, flying from flower to flower in an abandoned soccer field where the underbrush has infiltrated the lawn

Habitat:

brazilian atlantic rain forest

Notes:

100mm Canon USM Macro lens - Canon Xsi

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5 Comments

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

Very nice series!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 12 years ago

Amazing capture!!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Actually I was checking same site and checking in Amazon species...!!
Here I got really wide range of this Small blue butterflies... Amazing family...Lycaenidae..!!

EduardoFrick
EduardoFrick 12 years ago

Thanks!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Might be one in following...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclargus

EduardoFrick
Spotted by
EduardoFrick

Cruzeiro, SP, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 13, 2011
Submitted on Sep 23, 2011

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