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Common tit Butterfly

Hypolycaena erylus

Photo by Adarsha B S
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Description:

The male butterfly is pale blue to dark brown above, dark shining purple depending on the light. It has a black border with the upper forewing having a large black discal area of modified scales.
The female butterfly is dark brown and its hindwing has a white disconnected discal band above the tornus.

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Hypolycaena erylus

Species ID Suggestions

Common Tit Butterfly

Hypolycaena erylus

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Comments (9)
Adarsha B S
@Reiko : I use normal digital camera (Nikon coolpix with resolution of 8MP) :)
Adarsha B S
Thank you so much Sckel :) You should see this, my fav shot :)(Taken using compact cam) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14686005
Sckel
Great, Adarsha B S. I use a compact camera, I know how hard it is to shoot one of these. I'm getting cross-eyed.
Kranti Dhiman
Superb ! Difficult to catch it with compact camera !!

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