Western pygmy blue

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Brephidium exilis

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Brephidium
Species: B. exilis
Binomial name
Brephidium exilis
Boisduval, 1852

The Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis) is the one of the smallest butterflies in the world and is the smallest in North America. It has a wingspread of less than an inch.

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