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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) » Pacific Azure (Celastrina echo echo)
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Butterfly Puzzler: What's light gray and lives in the Sierras, and isn't a hairstreak? - Celastrina echo
Copyright © 2018 Ginger Davis

Butterfly Puzzler: What's light gray and lives in the Sierras, and isn't a hairstreak? - Celastrina echo
Kyburz, El Dorado County, California, USA
June 21, 2018
Size: 2 or 3 cm
This butterfly looked white in person and light gray in the photos, but it's not a hairstreak, it's markings are more like a blue. Nothing in my Butterflies Of California book looks anything like it, so I'm stumped and asking for help. Thanks in advance to any experts!

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Butterfly Puzzler: What's light gray and lives in the Sierras, and isn't a hairstreak? - Celastrina echo Butterfly Puzzler: What's light gray and lives in the Sierras, and isn't a hairstreak? - Celastrina echo
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Contributed by Ginger Davis on 22 June, 2018 - 1:08am
Last updated 22 June, 2018 - 10:02pm

Pacific Azure
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 June, 2018 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

Celastrina
This is an Azure, genus Celastrina. The genus is currently in a state of flux, so I'll leave it to a local expert to provide a species name. Your butterfly is a female, which accounts for the dull colour.
… Ken Allison, 22 June, 2018 - 6:09am login or register to post comments

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