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Eastern Tailed-Blue

Cupido comyntas

Photo by AshleyAkers
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small white butterfly no bigger than a fingernail with black dots around the edge of its wings and an orange place on the bottom corner of its wing.

Notes:

Found flying on and around some kind of slime.

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tailed-blue

Cupido comyntas
MichaelFulbright
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Comments (3)
Steffi
You can see the "tails" here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6460039
MichaelFulbright
If you look very closely, this butterfly has little "tails" on it's hindwings. Great shot! http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Cupido-comyntas

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PublishedJuly 5, 2011

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