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Cyna Blue
Zizula cyna
Zizula cyna, the cyna blue, is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae....
From the article Zizula cyna on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan of Zizula cyna is 16–22 mm (5/8–7/8 of an inch). Its upper-side is a violet blue, while its underside is a pale gray covered in tiny black dots. Adults are on wing from March to November.
Food The larvae feed on flower buds of Acanthaceae species. Adults feed on flower nectar.
Range & habitat
The cyna blue is found from southern Texas, south through Mexico and Central America, to Argentina in South America. They are usually found in subtropical areas and deserts. Strays can be found up to northern Texas and Kansas, and southern Arizona.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130219.