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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Leptotes » Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
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Unknown butterfly. - Leptotes cassius
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Unknown butterfly. - Leptotes cassius
Holly Hill, Volusia County, Florida, USA
October 18, 2009
Size: 3/4 inch
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Contributed by nature boy on 20 October, 2009 - 12:36pm

Blue Butterflies
Blue butterflies are often difficult to identify http://greennature.com/article33.html.

One good clue for Florida is that the Cassius Blue is the predominant, if not the only, blue flying during the fall. Their erratic flying pattern is also a good field ID clue.
… greenbugs, 8 November, 2009 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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… Mike Quinn, 20 October, 2009 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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