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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Leptotes » Cassius Blue - Hodges#4356 (Leptotes cassius)
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Butterfly? (also trying to fix a photo issue) - Leptotes cassius
Copyright © 2006 Charles Weber

Butterfly? (also trying to fix a photo issue) - Leptotes cassius
Plantation, Fort Lauderdale County, Florida, USA
March 20, 2006
ID would be appreciated and I also would like to see if this time the file is small enough??

Thanks
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Contributed by Charles Weber on 23 March, 2006 - 8:21pm
Last updated 26 March, 2006 - 2:22pm

moved
to sp. page
… A.W. Thomas, 26 March, 2006 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

File size
No need to worry about file size. If you upload a picture that is bigger than BugGuide specifications, the BugGuide software will take care of it, displaying an image that is 560 pixels on the longest side.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 24 March, 2006 - 4:15am login or register to post comments

 
Well,
I think if you try to upload a file that's really big, the system won't accept it.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 March, 2006 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

 
Problem was file size, not image size
Charles is referring to a strange problem with another photo. The image was only 560 pixels, but the JPEG file was over a megabyte in size. See the discussion here (the image has been re-uploaded in a smaller file).
… Peter Hollinger, 24 March, 2006 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

35K
Small enough!
… Peter Hollinger, 23 March, 2006 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Defiantly a butterfly. One of the Blues (Polyommatinae). I think it is species Leptotes cassius - Cassius Blue. The only similar species that I know of is the Marine Blue; which I don't think occurs in your area. See here:
… Matthew Roth, 23 March, 2006 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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