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Western Pygmy Blue

Brephidium exilis

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

very tiny

Habitat:

foothills

Species ID Suggestions

Western Pygmy Blue

Brephidium exilis

Reference Link
MirnaManteca
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Comments (2)
DanielePralong
Nice catch Jemma! All the details were there to ID it :-). Here's our smallest blue, which is not so good looking but has a lovely scientific name: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/32551093
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2013

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