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Dusky-Blue Groundstreak Mating Pair

Calycopis isobeon

Description:

Mating or Kissing? :) Both the male and female of this species of Hairstreak, family Lycaenidae. It may help clear up slight species or sexual variations in these previous spottings: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/379... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/201... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/155...

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters

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1 Comment

ChristosMaroulis
ChristosMaroulis 10 years ago

Very nice!!

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 28, 2013
Submitted on Nov 11, 2013

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