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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) » Azures (Celastrina) » Echo Azure (Celastrina echo) » Southwestern Azure (Celastrina echo cinerea)
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Spring Azure - Celastrina echo
Copyright © 2005 Patrick Dockens

Spring Azure - Celastrina echo
~ 1mile north of Munds Park, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
September 26, 2005
Size: ~3/4 inch
Found in Ponderosa pine community, along a road.
Celastrina ladon?
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Contributed by Patrick Dockens on 1 December, 2005 - 8:51am
Last updated 18 July, 2009 - 2:42am

Moved
Moved from Southwestern Azure.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 July, 2009 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

another thought
I don't have information on where C. [echo ssp.] cinerea is supposed to stop and ssp. sidara supposed to start as one moves northward. Since (so far) all Celastrina in North America look like one species to me, I can't figure out how to tell which is which just be looking at them. The habitat for this one is very Rocky Mountain-esk.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 May, 2009 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

As best I can tell
the Arizona Azure is a distinct sp. from the eastern Celastrina. Moved to page.
… Tony-2, 29 March, 2006 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

I'm not a Butterfly guy but...
one of my professors is a lep. guy... he has told me that through genetic research that the spring azure has been split into 2. the true spring azure and the summer azure. The differance (as far as i know) is the date they are found...which dosen't make a lot of sence to me but then again i dont study butterflies...perhaps someone can explane it to me...any way...it looks like an azure to me...
… Andy Varsho, 1 December, 2005 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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