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Cuban Butterfly Pigmy Blue
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:00 pm
by 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
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/PigmyBluegs.jpg)
Re: Cuban Butterfly Pigmy Blue
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:02 pm
by 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
Re: Cuban Butterfly Pigmy Blue
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 6:17 pm
by Padfield
Or the Hanno blue, Hemiargus hanno, which is listed as flying in Cuba:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craves/533 ... 087505854/
Guy
Re: Cuban Butterfly Pigmy Blue
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:19 pm
by 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