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Long Tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
44.2019, 15.6836
Field Notes
Description:
Family: Lycaenidae
This butterfly possesses a pair of "tails" that give this species its name, together with an eye spot where the tails meet the wings. When at rest, the butterfly will rotate the hindwings which causes the tails to move, diverting predators from the more-important parts of the body.
Habitat:
damp meadow, near river
Species ID Suggestions
Pea blue???
Lampides boeticus
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