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Large Guava Blue
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Large Guava Blue

Virachola perse

The Large Guava Blue, Virachola perse is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863.The larva feeds on Randia dumetorum.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 357421.