埔里琉璃小灰蝶

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說明/ 展翅僅約 2.8–3.2 公分,雄蝶翅背面藍紫色不具黑邊,雌蝶翅緣具黑邊。翅腹面白色近似臺灣琉璃小灰蝶,但本種斑點及線條較細,靠近基部處有不明顯的淺藍色區域,後翅有3 個較粗的黑色斑點。分布於中低海拔山區,喜歡訪花,常見於溪邊及潮濕地面吸水覓食,數量很多,為近似種中最常見的一種。(陸維元攝)
It has a wingspan of about 2.8-3.2 cm. The back of male’s forewings is bluish-purple without a black marginal border, which is present in females. The underside of its wings is greyish-white, similar to the Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepsis puspa myla), but with thinner spots and stripes and an indistinct light blue area around the base. The hindwings have three black subbasal spots. It is distributed across low and mid altitude mountains. It likes to frequent flowers, often seen drinking water by the river or on wet ground. It has a large population and is one of the most commonly seen species. (Photo courtesy of Lu Wei-yuan)