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Photo#52494
Moth to ID if possible - Celastrina echo

Moth to ID if possible - Celastrina echo
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
May 15, 2006
Found this small moth around the garden. Would appreciate a name for it.

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Moth to ID if possible - Celastrina echo Moth to ID if possible - Celastrina echo

Moved
Moved from Echo Azure.

Moved

moving to echo
I asked Dr David Wright to look at these 2 images and his comment was "I believe this is C. echo or something very close to it."
It is not C.ladon.

If you wish to follow
BugGuide taxonomy, this is an Echo Blue/Western Spring Azure (Celastrina echo). It is part of the C. ladon complex but ladon is a species of the eastern mountains (such as they are).

Looks Like Celastrina ladon...
....the Spring Azure butterfly complex

 
Butterfly ID
Thank you Bob for the ID.

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