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Spotting

Description:

Powder blue on the inside of the wings, white with black and orange dots on the outside of the wings. About a half an inch in wingspan.

Habitat:

Grassy areas

1 Species ID Suggestions

Polyommatus icarus


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2 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Eastern Tailed Blue
Cupido comyntas or Polyommatus comyntas or Everes comyntas

AaronGlover
AaronGlover 12 years ago

It looks like a Karner Blue Butterfly. From what I'm reading on it, it says its an endangered species that lives in the midwest and the great lakes regions. It fits the description, but I'm not certain. I may have just named a look-a-like.

Libby
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Libby

Wisconsin, USA

Spotted on May 20, 2011
Submitted on May 30, 2011

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