A very blue f-gardineri Malay Baron

[Commander]

Seow, what do you think? The blue on this fella almost made me wonder if it's a new species, but after checking a few sites, it seems to be more of an aberrant f-gardineri, or a hybrid form of the Malay Baron. :thinking:

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[Psyche]

It is more an aberrant or unsual form-decorata which is normally coppery-green but in this case is greenish-blue or peacock blue.

The rest of the pattern is normal so only the reflective scales are affected.

F-gardineri is without metallic colour.

TL Seow:cheers:

[Commander]

Thanks, Seow. The underside white markings also appear more extensive than the typical f-decorata (http://butterflycircle.blogspot.sg/2013/10/butterflies-galore-malay-baron.html) which I shot recently.