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Lycaenid blue butterfly

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

A very small "blue" butterfly with wings maybe 15mm max. length.

Habitat:

Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden near a disturbed patch of remnant forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Hedge Blue

Acytolepis puspa

Comments (3)

Thanks Daniele. It indeed looks very close to this spotting. Unfortunately I have been unable to find this genus or Lycaenopsis (synonym) on a Papua-specific list, or in two field manuals for parts of Papua, or in an image specifically tagged from New Guinea. I'll keep looking!

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