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Long-tailed Blue

Lampides boeticus

Photo by HarumKoh
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Field Notes

Description:

shoulder to the wing-tip: 16-18mm.
food plant:
Lablab purpureus フジマメ.
Pisum sativum L. エンドウ.
japanese name: ウラナミシジミ.

Habitat:

near pond.

Reference Links:

Long-tailed Blue - Lampides boeticus - Overview, ウラナミシジミ - Wikipedia

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Comments (6)
Jopy
Very pretty :)

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PublishedOctober 5, 2013

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