Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Grand Cayman pygmy blue (Brephidium exilis thompsoni) 2.JPG

File:Grand Cayman pygmy blue (Brephidium exilis thompsoni) 2.JPG, not featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera
•  Info all by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 11:06, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Info This is a rare sub-species of the world's smallest butterfly. The wings as shown in the image are only 1/2" (12mm) across, so you have to get pretty close. They settle about 6" (15cm) off the ground just to increase the challenge and always settle head down which is why the image has not been rotated. There are only a couple of known sites on Grand Cayman.
•  Support -- Charles (talk) 11:06, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Support, based in part on the rarity and challenge of photographing the butterfly. This would seem to be an obvious Valued Image, but it's a good capture and would be fine on the front page. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:46, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose Main object is too small, crop needed. But image also is too small, sorry --George Chernilevsky ^talk 16:48, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per George Chernilevsky. INeverCry (talk) 17:41, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Support it's rare, tiny, and the quality of the image along with the challenges involved just getting this shot negate the size issue which isn't that far off from meeting minimum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atsme (talk • contribs) 02:19, 17 March 2016‎ (UTC)
•  Oppose as per George. Yann (talk) 08:50, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose per George. Being rare and tiny does not overcome the problems for me. It is not necessary to have a FP of every species. -- Rftblr (talk) 10:42, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

•  Comment - I think that your last sentence is a strong argument. I still think this picture is good enough to feature, but if I were more doubtful about that, I'd agree with your points 100%. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:09, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

•  Oppose Nice picture but too small Poco² 09:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Poco. Daniel Case (talk) 03:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 3 support, 6 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Laitche (talk) 14:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)