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Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a black-brown border and a white fringe. The females are usually brown above with a blue dusting and orange spots. [4] Mating in Buckinghamshire male left; female right. The Common blue was elected as the national butterfly of Israel in 2023. [5]
Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, [1] [2] common eggfly, [2] varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, [3] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia [1] and Australia.
Myrina silenus, the common fig-tree blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa , southern Arabia and northern Oman . Description
Hypolycaena erylus, the common tit, [1] [2] is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South-East Asia [3] [4] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1823.
The term comes from the Greek γυνή (gynē) 'female', ἀνήρ (anēr) 'male', and μορφή (morphē) 'form', and is used mainly in the field of entomology. Gynandromorphism is most frequently recognized in organisms that have strong sexual dimorphism such as certain butterflies, spiders, and birds, but has been recognized in numerous ...
The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. [1] Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. [ 2 ]
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The blue tit is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It was traditionally called Chliaria kina [ 1 ] but the genus Chliaria is merged into Hypolycaena by many recent authors.