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Photo by Libby
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Field Notes

Description:

Powder blue on the inside of the wings, white with black and orange dots on the outside of the wings. About a half an inch in wingspan.

Habitat:

Grassy areas

Species ID Suggestions

Polyommatus icarus
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
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Comments (2)
Ashish
Eastern Tailed Blue Cupido comyntas or Polyommatus comyntas or Everes comyntas
AaronGlover
It looks like a Karner Blue Butterfly. From what I'm reading on it, it says its an endangered species that lives in the midwest and the great lakes regions. It fits the description, but I'm not certain. I may have just named a look-a-like.

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PublishedMay 30, 2011

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