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Subfamily Polyommatinae - Blues

Reakirt's Blue - Echinargus isola - male Blue butterfly on Goldenrod - Plebejus idas - male the happy couple - Cupido comyntas - male - female Blueberry Azure - form marginata - Celastrina lucia Euphilotes bernardino - female Plebejus icarioides - female Plebejus melissa - male Plebejus lupini - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Often considered as a tribe - "Polyommatini" - under a broader concept of subfamily Lycaeninae, which also incudes Blues, Hairstreaks, and other groups as just tribes.
Season
Early spring(1)
Remarks
Considered the harbingers of spring as they appear several weeks after dogwood flowers open.(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips
James B. Nardi. 2023. Princeton University Press.