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Spring Azure

Celastrina ladon

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Openings and edges of deciduous woods, old fields, wooded freshwater marshes and swamps.

Notes:

Or Summer Azure or Cherry Gall Azure...

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Illinois, USA

Lat: 41.96, Long: -87.63

Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012

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