Rounded sixline blue
Nacaduba berenice
The rounded six-line blue is a small butterfly. The male is a dull purple-blue on top, with a shiny grey sheen when the light hits it. Underneath, its wings are purplish grey with many thin white lines.
Lives in
From India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to Australia and the Solomon Islands
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other butterflies, it drinks sweet nectar from flowers through a long tongue.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Rounded sixline blue about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The female is brown on top, with a pale patch that flashes bright metallic blue in some light.
2
It lives in a huge area, from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia all the way to Australia.
3
On the Nicobar Islands it looks darker, with bigger spots edged in orange and shiny green.
you asked
Most asked questions about Rounded sixline blue
?Where does the rounded six-line blue live?
From India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to Australia and nearby islands.
?Is the rounded six-line blue dangerous?
No. It is a small butterfly that cannot bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nacaduba berenice
- Named by
- Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Nacaduba berenice (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 Cheongweei Gan. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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