Forget-me-not

Catochrysops strabo · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Lycaenidae

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Forget-me-not
Photo: Milind Bhakare, CC BY-SA

The forget-me-not butterfly has a wingspan of about 25 to 30 mm. It lives across Peninsular India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Southeast Asia and reaches Australia. Caterpillars feed on plants such as Ougeinia dalbergioides, Schleichera trijuga and various Desmodium species.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Upper side of the wings is pale violet with a blue-silvery sheen in certain light. Forewing shows a thin dark line near the edge. Hindwing has a short brown bar with white edge in the first interspace and a round black spot with a faint bluish crescent in the second; a thin jet-black edge line is visible, sometimes edged with white.

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Size

Wingspan ranges from 25 to 30 mm.

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What it eats

Larvae eat Ougeinia dalbergioides, Schleichera trijuga and species of Desmodium.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The larva is onisciform, light yellow-brown head, rose-coloured body with tiny star-topped hairs forming diagonal whitish lines, a subdorsal line and a nearly square anal segment.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native to Sri Lanka, Maldives, India (Sikkim to Indochina), Sundaland, Sulawesi and the Philippines.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Forget-me-not photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0

Same family (Lycaenidae)

Common BlueCommon BluePolyommatus icarusGray HairstreakGray HairstreakStrymon melinusSmall CopperSmall CopperLycaena phlaeasEastern Tailed-BlueEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasHolly BlueHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusLesser Grass BlueLesser Grass BlueZizina otis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catochrysops_strabo

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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