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Steely Acacia Blue
Surendra florimel
Surendra florimel, the Eastern acacia blue a species of lycaenid or hairstreak butterfly found in South-East Asia.
From the article Surendra florimel on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
In the male, the wings above are deep shining purplish blue, with a black apical border on the forewing, and on the hindwing both the costal and inner margins are broadly black bordered. The female is plain brown, with diffuse darker borders. The underside is brown, with a darker brown band across the wing from apex to the middle of the dorsum.
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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 887424.