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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)
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Butterfly - blue - Celastrina
Copyright © 2017 MareBear2

Butterfly - blue - Celastrina
Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
October 1, 2017
A blue butterfly on the Hydrangea Paniculata grandiflora. The butterfly is more sky blue color than it appears in this photo, the only one possible before it flew.
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Contributed by MareBear2 on 2 October, 2017 - 3:02pm
Last updated 4 October, 2017 - 8:18pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 4 October, 2017 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

ID of this Butterfly 🦋
Blue/Purple wings?
Try this?!
Eastern Tailed-Blue
(Cupido comyntas).
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Cupido-comyntas
… Bkripto, 2 October, 2017 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
The tail and coloration does
The tail and coloration does not seem consistent with Cupido comyntas.

Right now it seems it might be an unexpectedly late Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Celastrina-ladon

More photos are needed!
… MareBear2, 2 October, 2017 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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