Banded Purple Wing or Blue Wave by Jay Levin


03-OCT-2006	Jay Levin

Scientific name: Myscelia cyaniris

Male

Small but striking, the blue wave is named for the bands of iridescent blue across the upper wing surface. The underside is
extremely camouflaged in gray and brown, resembling bark.

http://www.hmns.org/eventDetail.asp?r=1&id=10&xm1=butterflies.xm1&o=/see_do/butterfly_center/butterflies.asp

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D AF Micro
1/200s f/13.0 at 105.0mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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carol j. phipps		29-Aug-2006 02:06
Fantastic. Vote.

De'Carr Studio		03-Jun-2006 03:33
Real nice capture, Jay.

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