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Cassius Blue
Leptotes cassius
10.7176, -61.6176
Field Notes
Description:
The wingspan is 20–35 mm and is known to feed on the nectar of blue and violet flowers.
Habitat:
Leptotes cassius, commonly known as the Cassius Blue or Tropical Striped Blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Florida and the Keys, Texas south through the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America to South America.
Notes:
The caterpillars feed natively on Fabaceae. Foodplants on record are Amorpha crenulata, Woolly Rattlepod (Crotalaria incana), Galactia regularis and Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus). It can also successfully develop feeding on Cape Leadwort (Plumbago auriculata) or Doctorbush (P. scandens), which (among the eudicots) are not closely related to its usual foodplants.[1]
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Leptotes cassius
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PublishedJune 11, 2013
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