Tiny Grass Blue

Last update on:
15/6/2025
Common Name
Tiny Grass Blue
Latin Name
๐˜ก๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜น
Taxa
Butterflies
Family
Lycaenidae
Habitats
Woodland
Village
Former Farmland

Features

On the upperwings, the male is almost covered with metallic purple-blue, with black borders, whereas the female is almost covered with black-brown. On the underwings, both sexes are greyish white, feature several dark brown spots. In particular, there is a V-shaped spot near the apex of each forewing.

Behaviour

Caterpillars feed on host plant ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข.

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