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Purple Leaf Blue

Amblypodia anita

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Field Notes

Description:

It has a dark purple upper side with a black marginal band. The underside is dark coppery brown. Wings are decorated with a prominent discal line that runs across the fore and hind wings.

Habitat:

It is found in areas up to 1000 feet in elevation particularly in the Dry zone of the country mainly of the vegetation that grows alongside small water courses.

Notes:

The larva feed on family Olacaceae such as Olax scandens.

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PublishedMay 5, 2013

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