Tiny Cassius Blue by TwoPynts

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 12, 2005

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"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." --Golda Meir

Another week, another butterfly. Since summer is drawing to a close (man that was fast!) I thought I'd try and go through my butterfly photos before moving on to another series. This tiny specimen I found up at my in-law's house this past weekend. This was the only photo I was able to snap before it flitted away. There were many large and beautiful butterflies about, but alas, this was the only one I could manage to record. Please excuse the exhaustive ID below, but am proud of myself for being able to quicky dig up the information this morning so wanted to include it all. :) ----- CASSIUS BLUE Leptotes cassius Classification: Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Superclass Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Subclass Pterygota Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies) Family Lycaenidae (Gossamer Winged Butterflies) Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues) Genus Leptotes Species cassius (Cassius Blue) Very common in the southern part of its range, the Cassius Blue flies in almost any sunny spot. Adults seem to prefer flowers of trees and shrubs. Although this species maintains northern populations during moderate weather, it still succumbs to frigid midwestern winters. description

Comments (33)

fixbrknhearts

10:41PM | Wed, 14 September 2005

He's perched on the edge ready to take flight at the first sign of danger. Great shot.

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blacq_nyght_vampyre

4:41PM | Mon, 26 September 2005

Very beautiful!

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SnowSultan

4:03PM | Wed, 14 December 2005

I was going to say "great shot", but now I see that a few others have already said it. ;) Thanks for allowing us to be able to take a longer and closer look at something so tiny and beautiful, which we might not even see for a moment otherwise.