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A European native species, spotted at the Wellington Botanic gardens.
, purple or blue, sometimes with white or ...
Small purple pea-flowers on long slender stalks. Leaves are fern-like, with ...
are in rich, long-stalked clusters, smaller than those of Common
A tiny Female common Blue resting and ...
A small butterfly that is distinguished from other
Vine with pink flowers that have a fairly uniform color other than the dark ...
I found these two Western Tailed-Blue ...
flower bundle 3-4 inches flowers light to datk purple drying bright
with purple flowers in Spring, shading to a greenish-
Looks a lot like milkvetch or locoweed, but actually isn't. A clump of pink ...
Vine with magenta flowers that resemble those on Western Redbud. The leaves are ...
The Chalkhill Blue (Polyommatus coridon) is ...
The Eastern Tailed Blue is a very small ...
Polyommatus daphnis, the Meleager's blue, ...
I encountered female (first three pictures) and male (last three pictures) ...
Vine- 3 feet.
Flowers- 1/2 inch
Pink, lavender to
tendrils that can cling to adjacent vegetation. There are approximately 6-20 ...
Both sexes have dark brown and yellowish-orange markings. Ventrally, both sexes ...
rocky places and upland regions of Europe and western Asia. Other common names ...
One narrow tail on hindwing. Upperside of male iridescent
A butterfly of Lycaenidae family. It gets its name from the splash of ...
Upperside is dark brown; clear spots on forewing are small, triangular, and not ...
Butterfly with one narrow tail on hindwing. Upperside of male iridescent
Identification: Narrow tail on hindwing. Upperside of male
Butterfly with elongated hindwing. Upperside is dark brown; forewing has a wide ...