Pygmy Blue

Brephidium exilis

Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis)
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The western pygmy blue is one of the smallest butterflies in the world and the smallest in North America. It has reached Hawaii, as well as the Persian Gulf, including Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Source

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In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 10 times across 3 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.