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Satyrium sylvinus
Photo take at my back yard this are the most common butterfly´s in this area very small about 1.5 cm wingspan white silver color and black dots.cWith or without tails. Upperside gray-brown or reddish with blue sheen; hindwing with small orange patch at lower edge. Female with yellowish tinge. Underside pale gray to white. Postmarginal band of small black dots; some individuals may have only a few spots. Yellow to red spot at hindwing lower edge.
Willow thickets, open woodlands, streams, oases.Found from British Columbia southeast to Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico; south through California to Baja California Norte.
This butterfly like all kind of small wild flower.
Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 15, 2012
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