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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) » Tailed Blues (Cupido) » Eastern Tailed-Blue - Hodges#4361 (Cupido comyntas)
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My first butterfly -- an Eastern tailed blue? - Cupido comyntas - female
Copyright © 2005 Clifford

My first butterfly -- an Eastern tailed blue? - Cupido comyntas - Female
Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
June 16, 2005
Size: about an inch
Most moths don't mind sitting for a portrait. It seems one has to work a little harder to catch up with butterflies. I really hoped this picture would come out clearer. I also hoped the zoom in would catch the little identifying tail. It didn't. Or maybe I have the species wrong.

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Contributed by Clifford on 20 June, 2005 - 6:44am
Last updated 4 December, 2005 - 5:38pm

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