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Eastern Tailed-Blue

Cupido comyntas

Description:

Light powder blue butterfly.

Habitat:

Large collection of Trumpet Flower Vines.

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anastasia.lee.smith
anastasia.lee.smith 10 years ago

Thanks! As far as calling it a skipper, I'm just going on information I got in elementary school, that went along the lines of "The big ones are butterflies and the little ones are skippers." lol, so thanks for the clarification.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Nice series! This butterfly is actually called a Blue. Skippers have a different body and wing shape than this butterfly. You can compare yours to these skippers:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/189/bgpage...

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Jun 18, 2013
Submitted on Jun 19, 2013

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