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Showing posts with label Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Eicochrysops messapus Cupreous Blue butterfly identification Biodiversity Research and Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Eicochrysops messapus Cupreous Blue butterfly identification Biodiversity Research and Education. Show all posts

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Cupreous Blue (Eicochrysops messapus)

Family Lycaenidae Lycaeninae

I have had these pictures for ages and never posted them until I took some additional ones. For some reason I thought I had posted pictures of this butterfly before but on checking I find I have not.
 They are very small and difficult to take pictures of with less than a 2cm wingspan and they tend to fly off if you come near.