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title: "Common Hedge Blue"
description: "Acytolepis puspa — Insekten & Spinnen. Acytolepis puspa, the common hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Yunnan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/common-hedge-blue
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Hedge Blue

> Acytolepis puspa — Insekten & Spinnen. Acytolepis puspa, the common hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Yunnan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

- Scientific name: *Acytolepis puspa*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11040
- Wikidata: [Q3595800](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595800)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320002](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320002)

## Names

- en: Common Hedge Blue

## Countries with the most observations

HK (3004), IN (2660), TW (1143), SG (814), MY (484), TH (396), ID (159), CN (156), PH (55), MO (49), VN (46), KH (45)

## Summary

Acytolepis puspa, the common hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Yunnan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acytolepis_puspa

## Photo

![Common Hedge Blue](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-hedge-blue/medium.jpg)

Photo: Haneesh K M · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107112626

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-hedge-blue?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).