Description

• Common Name : Common Hedge Blue
• Scientific Name : Acetolepis puspa (Fruhstorfer)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 28-35mm
• Colour : This is a small, very handsome, white butterfly with a pure white face and black eyes; black lines and spots on the undersides of the wings and a glossy pale blue brilliant colour on the upper surface.
• Habit : Weak flier, it keeps close to bushes and streams; for basking it rests on an exposed branch of a bush or a tall herb and spreads its wings partially.
• Larval Host Plants : Schliechera oliosa, Paracalyx scariosa, Xylia xylocarpa etc.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal

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