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Common grass-blue

Zizina Otis

Photo by Pink Salt
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small butterfly, about 25mm wide with opalescent purple on the inner wings, fast moving, landed briefly closing wings and opening again.

Habitat:

Found close to the ground on Leucophyta Brownii shrub.

Species ID Suggestions

Common grass blue

Zizina otis

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (1)
Pink Salt
Thanks @Ornithoptera80 I’ve not come across this before.
Photographed
PublishedOctober 28, 2020

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