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Celastrina ladon
Seasonally variable and sexually dimorphic. Upperside of males blue, females with some black at outer edge of forewing. Late spring and summer forms with white above. Underside hindwing gray-white with faded small black dots, darker gray with larger black spots, or with blotches and black margins in the center.
Found on a the flowers of a plume tree.
This butterfly is very small and hard to get a good picture of it.
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Beautiful spotting. Love the photo.