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Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Description:

Butterfly with soft brown wings and white fringed edges. The body is blue-gray. The antennae are striped with dark clubs that have white ends.

Habitat:

Habitat: Open woods, coastal dunes, prairies, meadows, road edges, rocky moist woods, and brushy fields. Range: Central Alaska south to southern California, Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Kansas. Along northern United States east to Nova Scotia and south to Georgia. — butterfliesandmoths.org

Notes:

Found this lovely specimen mid morning on a trail around Bowman Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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BonnieLewis
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BonnieLewis

Montana, USA

Spotted on Jun 29, 2014
Submitted on Jul 1, 2014

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