<> Laringa castelnaui Felder,1860 <>
the Blue Dandy ผีเสื้อขี้โอ่น้ำเงิน
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Photo taken in Myanmar. Present but rare in Thailand ♂ 1300m a.s.l.
A rare and little known species. It is sexually dimorphic with the upperside of the male being totally blue and the female being mid-brown with darker and lighter markings.
Taxonomy: Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Biblidinae - Laringa - castelnaui
Regional Distribution: Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
Habitat: montane forest up to 900m a.s.l. Wingspan: 40-50mm
Flight time: not known
Larval Hosts: not known
Adult Food Sources: Nectar - not known to nectar on flowers. Other - not known
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| Dawei, Myanmar ♀ |
Butterflies of Thailand and SE Asia - BugsAlive Species Information Sheet
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