Mansur Al Fahad took a few macro photographs of a Lang's Short-tailed
Blue Leptotes pirithous or Common Zebra
Blue Butterfly at Heet village south of Riyadh. It was on Zygophyllum (propinquum)
migahidii that Mansur tells me is known locally as Harm. Lang's
Short-tailed Blue is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a small
butterfly with a wingspan of 21–29 mm in males and 24–30 mm in females. The
uppersides of the wings are purple bluish in males, bluish-brown in female. The
undersides are dark beige striped with white lines. The hindwings show marginal
orange and black spots and two small tails. These butterflies fly from February
to November depending on the location. They are regular migrants. I thank
Mansur for sending me the details, identification and permission to use them on
my website.
