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Marine Blue

Leptotes marina

The Marine Blue is a small butterfly with beautiful blue wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often seen in sunny places. This little insect is a joy to watch as it dances in the air!

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Marine Blue has iridescent blue-violet upper wings that shift color in sunlight, contrasting with silvery-white undersides featuring small black spots. It also has delicate, thin tails on its hindwings, making it distinct among small butterflies.

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Marine Blue
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Marine Blue

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Some Marine Blue caterpillars have a special gland that offers sweet liquid to ants!

The adult butterflies love visiting sunny spots to warm up their blue wings before they fly.

The caterpillars often change color to perfectly match the flowers or pods they are eating.

These tiny butterflies are known to fly hundreds of kilometers, even across open ocean!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Decoy Tail Defense

Marine Blue has tiny tails on its hindwings that can fool predators into attacking the wrong end, helping them escape.

Fähigkeit

Shifting Sky Camo

Marine Blue's iridescent blue wings change color with light, helping them blend perfectly with the sky or stand out to mates.

Fähigkeit

Speedy Life Cycle

Marine Blue can grow from egg to adult butterfly very quickly, allowing them to have many generations in one year.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-30 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar from flowers, while caterpillars munch on leaves, flowers, or seeds of certain plants.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat plant parts; adults feed on flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • flower nectar
  • legume leaves
  • legume flowers
  • legume seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Nuttall's Milkvetch

Astragalus nuttallianus

Larvae feed on its leaves and flowers.

eats

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

A common predator of adult butterflies.

symbiotic with

Pale-footed Ant

Formica pallidefulva

Ants sometimes tend larvae for their sweet secretions.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Marine Blue?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Marine Blue?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Marine Blue?

10-20 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Marine Blue?

12 km/h

Was frisst Marine Blue?

Adults sip nectar from flowers, while caterpillars munch on leaves, flowers, or seeds of certain plants.

Wo findet man Marine Blue normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Marine Blue?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Marine Blue?

6

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Neueste Snaps

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