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Cycad Blue

Chilades pandava

Photo by Olivia Chee
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Field Notes

Description:

For scale, the stamens of the flower are about 1cm in length

family: lycaeninae

Habitat:

Park, shrubbery, no cycads nearby

Notes:

Possibly Chilades pandava pandava,
Or euchrysops cnejus cnejus

Tail not distinct so hard to identify

Species ID Suggestions

Cycad Blue

Chilades pandava

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KeithRoragen
4

Gram Blue

Euchrysops cnejus cnejus

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duttagupta35504
1

Comments (6)
folicallychalled
Here's a link to a Singapore butterfly site: http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist%20V2/CI/index.php/start-page/startpage/showbutterfly/156 Looks like chilades pandava to me. Dave
Olivia Chee
Thanks very much, Keith and duttagupta. I guess with the tail missing it may be tricky to narrow down the exact species...
KeithRoragen
I based my suggestion on the idea that the tails had been damaged. C. pandava is in range and, but for the lack of tails, seems like a good match. There are, however, many similar butterflies in this subfamily, so it could be something else.
duttagupta35504
Hi Olivia Chee, this one has been photographed with a flower slightly in front of it so maybe that was hiding the 'tail'.
Olivia Chee
Hi Keith, thanks for the suggestion. however, shouldn't the chilades pandava have a white tipped tail at the back of its hind wings? This one does not.

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PublishedMarch 12, 2013

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