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Eastern Pygmy Blue - Brephidium pseudofea
Copyright © 2007 Alan Chin Lee

Eastern Pygmy Blue - Brephidium pseudofea
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
October 14, 2007

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Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 15 October, 2007 - 4:40pm
Last updated 15 October, 2007 - 6:03pm

Interesting.
I'm familiar with the more widespread western pygmy blue, but haven't seen these before. Do you know if size is the same? (The western has been touted as the smallest butterfly in America.) I see there's overlap in Texas; bet they're tough to tell apart.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 October, 2007 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

 
You're right -
The Western is a hair smaller at 10 mm to 19 mm versus the Eastern at 13 mm to 19 mm wingspans. See http://www.enature.org/fieldguides/detail.asp?shapeID=979&curGroupID=2&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=2 for photos of the Western Blue
… Alan Chin Lee, 15 October, 2007 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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