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Spotted Hairtail

Anthene larydas

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Anthene larydas, the Spotted Hairtail or Common Ciliate Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family.

Many of these beautiful little purple butterflies were mud-puddling after rain. Wiki says "Adult males mud-puddle and are also attracted to sand soaked by urine as well as by human sweat."

Habitat:

Mud-puddling on damp patches of a dirt road, running through the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, SW Uganda.

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pamsai
thank you Leuba! I loved these little butterflies. Flashes of iridescent purple flying by...

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PublishedAugust 18, 2014

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