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Showing posts with label Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Azanus moriqua Thorn-tree Blue butterfly Biodiversty Research and Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Azanus moriqua Thorn-tree Blue butterfly Biodiversty Research and Education. Show all posts

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Thorn-tree Blue (Azanus moriqua)

Family Lycaenidae Lycaeninae

Like most Blue’s, these are very small butterflies with the male having maybe a 2cm wingspan.
 They are almost impossible to catch in the first place and then really impossible to get pics of the upperwing.