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Silvery Blue - Glaucopsyche lygdamus - male
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Silvery Blue - Glaucopsyche lygdamus - Male
Sierra Azul, lower trail, Santa Clara County, California, USA
April 3, 2010
Size: ~25 mm
This lovely Blue let me get good detail dorsal and underwing (link). First of season, I suspect this one has only recently emerged -- wingtips were still soft.

Believe this one is a male Glaucopsyche lygdamus; pls confirm.

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Contributed by iNaturalist on 5 April, 2010 - 4:00pm
Last updated 25 September, 2010 - 9:02pm

Moved
Moved from Blues.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2010 - 9:02pm

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