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Hanno Blue

Hemiargus hanno

Photo by EduardoFrick
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Field Notes

Description:

tiny but colorful, this little butterfly lives near the ground, flying from flower to flower in an abandoned soccer field where the underbrush has infiltrated the lawn

Habitat:

brazilian atlantic rain forest

Notes:

100mm Canon USM Macro lens - Canon Xsi

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)

Actually I was checking same site and checking in Amazon species...!! Here I got really wide range of this Small blue butterflies... Amazing family...Lycaenidae..!!
Might be one in following... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclargus
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2011

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