Leptotes webbianus

Just stumbled on this image of a "Canary Blue" that I took in a park in Los Llanos, but forgot about ever taking it ... Much better than the previously uploaded one for this species *rolleyes*:

2Canary blue
2Cyclyrius
2Cyclyrius webbianus
115438Geotagged
260La Palma (Canary Islands)
2Leptotes webbianus
138Lycaenidae
2nl: Canarisch blauwtje
61Papilionoidea
11Polyommatinae
8Polyommatini
1311spain

The Canary blue

''Leptotes webbianus'', the Canary blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. Females are golden and males are dark with a blue area near the body. Adults are on wing year round. The habitat consists of coastal areas. The species flies from March to August on heights of up to 3,000 metres.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Pudding4brains