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Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

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45.9577, -76.1662

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Description:

The upperside is a shiny light blue, with a dark grey border around both wings, wider in the female & sometimes suffusing the entire wing surface with grey. The underside is grey, with a single row of round, black, white-rimmed spots on both wings.

Habitat:

Dirt road through mixed woods.

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PublishedMay 21, 2018

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