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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Cupido » Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
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Eastern Tailed-Blue Cupido comyntas - Cupido comyntas - male
Copyright © 2009 Eric Gofreed

Eastern Tailed-Blue Cupido comyntas - Cupido comyntas - Male
Accokeek, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
July 18, 2009

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Eastern Tailed-Blue - Cupido comyntas - Cupido comyntas - male Eastern Tailed-Blue Cupido comyntas - Cupido comyntas - male
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Contributed by Eric Gofreed on 18 July, 2009 - 1:04pm
Last updated 1 October, 2009 - 3:57pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
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Cupido comyntas
Eastern Tailed-Blue
… William Edwards, 18 July, 2009 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I have seen a very similar butterfly in Arzona... would that be Western Tailed Blue?
… Eric Gofreed, 18 July, 2009 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
It's very possible that's what you saw - BUT...
The Eastern Tailed-Blue occurs in the southeastern part of the state.
The two species probably can't be separated where they occur together (at least visually).
… William Edwards, 18 July, 2009 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for answering my questions. I have a lot to learn.
Eric
… Eric Gofreed, 18 July, 2009 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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