英語の後に日本語が続きます。
A male pale grass blue (Pseudozizeeria maha) butterfly looks completely different when its wings are open (1st photo) and closed (2nd photo). When closed, you may disregard it because it's plain, just a small white butterfly with black spots. When the wings are open, however, you would be surprised by the beautiful pale blue of the upper side of its wings as suggested by the name. (If you want to see the butterfly showing both sides, see the 3rd photo.) Butterflies are known to open their wings to bask in the sun to warm their bodies, so you're more likely to see the beautiful blue in autumn than summer.
The pale grass blue resembles
the plains cupid (Luthrodes pandava) very much except for the latter having orange spots on the wings. I once mistook a plains cupid for a pale grass blue.
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ヤマトシジミ（大和小灰蝶）です。一見すると地味ですが、雄の羽の表は英語名「pale grass blue（草むらで見かける薄青色の蝶）」の通り、美しいブルー（1枚目）。でも閉じると斑点のある地味な白（2枚目）です。（両方ご覧になりたい方は3枚目の写真をご覧ください。）蝶は体を温めるときに羽を広げるので、秋の方がこのブルーを見る機会が多いかもしれません。
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