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Butterflies

Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)

A small, blue/brown butterfly in the family Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
Flying in May | June | July | August | September | October | November

The Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) is a typical species of the edges of paths and tracks and waste land. It resembles the long-tailed blue but is smaller and does not have the obvious white band on the underside of the hindwing.

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