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Zebra Blue

Leptotes sp.

Photo by Tiz
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Description:

A Butterfly 3 cm wingspan that became more and more beautiful the more I observed him... It is lovely to see how different angles of a butterfly can create an explosion of colours. An new world to me!

Habitat:

Garden, Urban environment.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
Tiz
rautenbachf, you have done it again... You are indeed a mysterious man :) I had not seen that she is laying an egg. A big thanks to your information and I hope you understand that I appreciate your effort very much! I wish you a great day. Tina
Fanie
Tiz These are generally called common zebra blues but you will not be able to identify it to species level. There are a number of these blues that look identical in the field and can only be reliably distinguished from one another by doing a dissection. This is therefore Leptotes sp. Not sure if you have noticed in you second photo (this is a female) that she is laying an egg (ovipositing).
Tiz
Could this be a Common Zebra Blue? Leptotes pirithous?
Tiz
Thank you very much Veronica :)
Tiz
Thank you very much Sam and Pradeep :)
Sam10
Love the flight shot! Amazing..

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The Color Blue

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PublishedJune 16, 2013

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