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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) » Eastern Pygmy-Blue - Hodges#4354 (Brephidium pseudofea)
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Mystery Blue - Brephidium pseudofea - female
Copyright © 2009 Tzila "Z" Duenzl

Mystery Blue - Brephidium pseudofea - Female
Horseshoe Bend, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA
November 3, 2009
I came across this little beauty nectaring on the Golden Crownbeard/Cowpen Daisy (Verbesina encelioides) plant in the back yard. There was only the one. In my Kaufman Butterfly guide, there are two of these shown with slight differences; Eastern Pygmy Blue (Brephidium isophthalma)& Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exile). This one looks more like the Eastern Pygmy Blue, but would be out of range according to the Kaufman map. I would like any opinions as to which this is. Thanks.

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Contributed by Tzila "Z" Duenzl on 13 November, 2009 - 7:43am
Last updated 29 November, 2009 - 4:00pm

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