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Sorrel Sapphire


Sorrel Sapphire
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Copyright: Ram Thakur (ramthakur) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4316 W: 231 N: 14052] (56953)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2018-10-31
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D7200, Sigma EX 105mm F2.8 DG Macro, 58mm UV
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2018-11-02 3:20
Viewed: 384
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I was at Hamirpur town in Himachal Pradesh for 4 days in connection with an educational conference. I captured this pretty butterfly on the campus of the school where the conference was being held.

Heliophorus sena, the sorrel sapphire, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Heliophorus
Species: H. sena
Binomial name: Heliophorus sena
(Kollar 1844)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliophorus_sena
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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6595 W: 89 N: 15659] (65489)
  • [2018-11-02 3:33]

Hi Ram,a magnificent lycaeneide not often seen on TN! Lucky meeting during your conference trip and a very good capture too,just the end of tail is a bit blurred but the sharpness of the rest is excellent and very colors very bright,well done! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

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  • hsn6a Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 160 W: 0 N: 435] (8652)
  • [2018-11-05 0:25]

beautiful..

Hi Ram,

The insect is well placed in the frame. The point of view is showing the details of the Sorrel Sapphire butterfly. The light is making the colours to stand out. Have a nice day.

Pierre

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