Tiny grass blue [Zizula hylax]
Flora & Fauna
The butterfly is also known as the Gaika blue. According to nature photographer Krishna Mohan’s website (drkrishi.com), the Tiny grass blue “is known to be the second smallest butterfly seen in India… There is only one other butterfly known to be the smaller than this, Grass Jewel or Freyeria trochylus. There is just about 1 mm difference between the wingspans of both; Zizula hylax is about 16 mm while Freyeria trochylus is about 15 mm.”
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Mymoon Moghul was born and brought up in the IIT Madras campus. She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Madras. Mymoon Moghul graduated from Quaid-e-Millat Govt. College for Women, Chennai with a degree in zoology. Following this, she completed her post-graduation in Library and Information Science and Psychology. In 2001, Mymoon attained a doctorate in the field of scientometrics. She has been working as a library professional since 1986. Since 1993, she has been working at the CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai. She is a passionate wildlife photographer.
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