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Pygmy Grass Blue

Zizula hylax pygmaea

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Description:

This butterfly has a creamy brown with a tinge of muted ultramarine blue upperside .It has a thin brown border on both udderside wings and several blackish brown round and oblong spots. It has a wingspan of 10 - 15 mm.

Habitat:

Upland and lowland forest, grassland and cultivated land.

Notes:

The caterpillar feeds on Lantana camara .

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