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short-tailed blue

Cupido argiades

Photo by HarumKoh
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Field Notes

Description:

shoulder to the wing-tip: 11-14mm.
male: blue. female: black.

Habitat:

grassland.
food plant: Trifolium repens(シロツメクサ), Indigofera pseudotinctoria(コマツナギ).
flight: March-October.

Reference Links:

ツバメシジミ - Wikipedia

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