Cuban Butterfly Pigmy Blue

[LCPete]

Hi Just returned from a holiday in Cuba mainly looked for birds but found some butterflies too
Here's a Pigmy Blue . I could not believe how tiny he was much smaller than a Common Blue
40D Signa 150 handheld
Pete

[Padfield]

What Latin name are you giving this butterfly? It looks very like the Californian Hemiargus ceraunus, of which there is a good picture here:

http://images.google.ch/imgres?imgurl=h ... r%26sa%3DN

Guy

[Padfield]

Or the Hanno blue, Hemiargus hanno, which is listed as flying in Cuba:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/craves/533 ... 087505854/

Guy

[LCPete]

Thanks Guy I agree it does look like a Hemiargus ceraunus
I got the ID from a book a bird guide had in Cuba. I'm glad you posted the link as I forgot to write down the scientific name as we was driving round looking for birds at the time
Pete