Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2021, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter in groups.

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