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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) » Pygmy Blues (Brephidium) » Western Pygmy-Blue - Hodges#4353 (Brephidium exile)
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Western Pygmy-Blue - Brephidium exile - male
Copyright © 2006 Jon Armstrong

Western Pygmy-Blue - Brephidium exile - Male
Los Angeles, CA, California, USA
November 11, 2006
Size: about 3/4"

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Western Pygmy-Blue - Brephidium exile - male Western Pygmy-Blue - Brephidium exile - male
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Contributed by Jon Armstrong on 3 December, 2006 - 1:31pm
Last updated 23 January, 2014 - 12:46am

That's a rare one, with very limited distribution.
Also, Butterfiles through Binoculars the West doesn't have them flying after September.

Looks like Western Pygmy Blue to me:


Sometimes they hold their wings differently, more like yours:
… Ron Hemberger, 3 December, 2006 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Blue Butterfly id
The Western Pygmy does seem a more apt identification than the one I'd proposed. My Peterson Field guide tended to favor the rarer one at first, although upon review of the book and with your images, the Western Pygmy description certainly does appropriate.
Many thanks,
Jon.
… Jon Armstrong, 3 December, 2006 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
You're indeed welcome
I always go for the rare butterflies first. Unfortunately, I've always been disappointed.
… Ron Hemberger, 3 December, 2006 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

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