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Dusky-Blue Groundstreak Mating Pair

Calycopis isobeon

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Mating or Kissing? :)
Both the male and female of this species of Hairstreak, family Lycaenidae. It may help clear up slight species or sexual variations in these previous spottings:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37929125/fullscreen
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20143006/fullscreen
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15530286/fullscreen

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters

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