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Silvery Blue Butterfly

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Photo by LauraPound
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Field Notes

Description:

Small butterflies. Bodies pale blue. Upper side of males iridescent silvery blue with narrow dark borders; female darker blue with wide borders. Both sexes have white fringe. Underside gray-brown; both wings with row of white-ringed, round black spots.

Habitat:

Open woods, coastal dunes, prairies, meadows, road edges, and fields.

Notes:

There was a road cut full of wet gravel where several varieties of butterflies and bees were drinking.

Reference Links:

NPWRC :: Butterflies of Yosemite National Park

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Fyn Kynd
Nice spotting! I got one of these yesterday.
LauraPound
Thank you Lily and Emily! I was very lucky, since these little ones hardly ever sit still, and rarely open their wings. They are constantly on the move, at least when there is someone around with a camera, stalking them. :P
Lily
How beautiful. Luck you to manage to get shot it.

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PublishedMay 8, 2013

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