The Blue Pansy is common butterfly in open wasteland, public gardens with grassy patches and roadsides in the plains. The males have a distinctively shiny blue-coloured uppersides of its hindwings contrasting with the velvety black forewings in which the females are much less vividly coloured and have more pronounced ocelli.
Habitat indicator
RSP
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WV
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PG
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VF
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FTR
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SC
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LWDF
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LWPF
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LMEF
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UMN
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MN
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x
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x
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x
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x
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Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences [S4,S6,S7,S9,S10], H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)
2013
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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S
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S
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2013
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2014
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Nov
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Dec
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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| S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||
2014
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2015
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Nov
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Dec
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Jan
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Feb
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Mac
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Apr
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May
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June
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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A female: 23 March 2013 @ 11:04. The females are more variable than the males as some have bluish tint on their FW costal area and HW submarginal areas while some are brown...
22 Dec 2014 @ 13:01
Another female: 22 Dec 2014 @ 13:09
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The female lays eggs on the young tip of a common roadsides and wasteland plant: Mimosa pudica
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