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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 14, 2021

Very often I find this in my garden, but have not been able to identify it so far.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 14, 2021

It's in the family Lycaenidae (blues, coppers, hairstreaks), possibly in the subfamily Polyommatinae. There are well over 300 species of lycaenids reported from India - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_butterflies_of_India_(Lycaenidae)

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 16, 2021

Ed, please see if this is Zizula hylax. It appears the closest. I scrolled through the link you gave. Nice that images appear when the cursor touches the hyperlink.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 16, 2021

Quote from Dinu :
Ed, please see if this is Zizula hylax. It appears the closest. I scrolled through the link you gave. Nice that images appear when the cursor touches the hyperlink.


It does appear to be a good match - see http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/50976

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 20, 2021

Yes yes, it should be the one. Looks exact.

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