Forget-me-not
The forget-me-not is a small butterfly from the family of blues. The male is pale violet and shines blue and silvery in the light. It has a tiny black tail with a white tip on each back wing.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
How big is Forget-me-not compared to YOU?
Just maths in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
The female is whitish with a metallic blue shine and wide dark edges on her wings.
Its caterpillar is light pink and covered with tiny star-topped hairs.
Even its eyes are hairy.
Near the tail, each back wing has a black eye spot with an orange crown.
Most asked questions about Forget-me-not
?How big is the forget-me-not butterfly?
Small, its wings measure only 25 to 30 millimetres across.
?Where does the forget-me-not butterfly live?
In South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, and down to Australia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Catochrysops strabo
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1793
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Catochrysops strabo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip
Monarch butterfly
Peacock butterfly
Blue morpho
Old World swallowtail
Small white
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Brazilian wandering spider
Driver ant
Wallace's giant bee
Coconut rhinoceros beetle
Giant forest scorpion
Superworm_female_Nepalgunj.jpg){kind=link}