Bug FAQJewelled Grass-blue
Freyeria putli · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Lycaenidae
Also called: Black-spotted Grass Jewel, Grass Jewel, Oriental Grass Jewel, Small Grass Jewel
The Jewelled Grass-blue is a small butterfly with violet-brown upper wings and distinctive pale-bordered black spots on the hindwing. Its underside shows a mix of cinereous-brown and white-bordered spots, including a row of metallic-green speckled black conical spots on the hindwing margin. It occurs in Ceylon, Myanmar, the Maldives, India and Australia.
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How to recognize it
Upper side is violet-brown with indistinct pale-bordered black spots on the hindwing margin. Underside is cinereous-brown with white-bordered spots and a marginal row of six metallic-green speckled black conical spots.
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Size
The wing cilia are cinereous-white.
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Where it lives
It is a small butterfly found in Ceylon, Myanmar, the Maldives, India and Australia.
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Where it comes from
Its native range includes Ceylon, Myanmar, the Maldives, India and Australia.
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Questions people ask
Where is the Jewelled Grass-blue butterfly found?
It occurs in Ceylon, Myanmar, the Maldives, India and Australia.
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What does the Jewelled Grass-blue look like?
Males have violet-brown upper wings with pale-bordered black spots on the hindwing, cinereous-white wing cilia, and a underside of cinereous-brown with distinctive white-bordered spots and metallic-green speckled black conical spots.
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Same family (Lycaenidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyeria_putli
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