#azuresapphire — Public Fediverse posts

Scientific name for butterflies is "scaly wing". This photo shows you why. Except in America of course where they have been renamed "Flappy Jitters" and made illegal under threat of deportation.

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I really wish I didn't have to make a living and instead could just wander the Himalayas looking for meadows where butterflies enjoy the morning light.

Azure Sapphire here, male.

#Bhutan #Phobjikha #Photography #Lumix #FlutterByes #Himalayas #Butterflies #AzureSapphire #Heliophorus #BlueMood

What an amazing day! It was coolish and very damp this morning in Trongsa. I spotted one of these fellas just posing, next to the female. Then saw another. And as the morning progressed I realised they were everywhere :)

I was too slow to capture the female. They flitter off quickly. But the boys just hang about and show off their colours.

Azure Sapphire
(Heliophorus moorei)

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