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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Azures (Celastrina) » Echo Azure - Hodges#4363.2 (Celastrina echo) » Southwestern Azure (Celastrina echo cinerea)
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Butterfly ID? - Celastrina echo - female
Copyright © 2011 Ray Lemke

Butterfly ID? - Celastrina echo - Female
Tucson (Desert Museum), Pima County, Arizona, USA
January 21, 2011
This was one of the few -and the only small blue - butterflies seen at the Desert Museum on my visit on Jan 21.
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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 23 January, 2011 - 9:11pm
Last updated 24 January, 2011 - 9:42am

It is indeed a female Azure
In that area they can fly any month of the year, and in theory they are all one species - Celastrina echo.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 January, 2011 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Perhaps
Female Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
… Kelly Fiegle, 24 January, 2011 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

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