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Blue wave butterfly

Myscelia cyaniris

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

speckled blue on top and speckled gray underneath, this butterfly is also known as Blue Wave, Blue-banded Purplewing, Tropical Blue Wave, Whitened Bluewing, or Royal Blue

Habitat:

butterfly garden

Species ID Suggestions

Blue Cracker

Miscelia cyaniris

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Juan DiTrani
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Comments (2)
bayucca
Blue Wave, Blue-banded Purplewing, Tropical Blue Wave, Whitened Bluewing, or Royal Blue are the common names, but not Blue Cracker (this would be a Hamadryas sp.). And it should be Myscelia cyaniris (misspelling).

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