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Subfamily Polyommatinae - Blues

Hemiargus ceraunus? - Hemiargus ceraunus - female Anna's Blue - Plebejus anna - male blue - Hemiargus ceraunus Ceraunus Blue - Hemiargus ceraunus what AZURE - Celastrina Acmon Blue? - Plebejus acmon - female Eastern Tailed Blue - Cupido comyntas Celastrina sp. - Celastrina
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Often considered as a tribe - "Polyommatini" - under a broader concept of subfamily Lycaeninae, which also incudes Blues, Hairstreaks, and other groups as just tribes.
Season
Early spring(1)
Remarks
Considered the harbingers of spring as they appear several weeks after dogwood flowers open.(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips
James B. Nardi. 2023. Princeton University Press.