Western pygmy blue

Western pygmy blue

Taxobox
name = "Brephidium exilis"



image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Brephidium"
species = "B. exilis"
binomial = "Brephidium exilis"
binomial_authority = Boisduval, 1852
The Western Pygmy Blue ("Brephidium exilis" or "Brephidium exile") is one of the smallest butterflies in the world and is the smallest in North America. It has a wingspread of about half an inch.

Links

* [http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1580 Butterflies and Moths Profile]
* [http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/blue_w_pigmy/index.htm Photo Gallery]


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