Hanno blue
The Hanno blue is a little butterfly from warm places in South America and the Caribbean islands. It belongs to the family of small butterflies called blues. It lives on lots of sunny islands too.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
Scientists split it into three groups that live in different places, from Brazil to the Bahamas.
Its family, the blues and their cousins, is one of the biggest butterfly families in the world.
Like every butterfly, it starts life as a caterpillar, then becomes a pupa, and then a butterfly.
Most asked questions about Hanno blue
?Where does the Hanno blue live?
In northern South America, Panama and many Caribbean islands such as Cuba and Puerto Rico.
?Is the Hanno blue dangerous?
No. It is a small, gentle butterfly that cannot hurt anyone.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hemiargus hanno
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- South America, North America
Where the facts come from
- Hemiargus hanno (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.
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