Greenish Blue

Description:

Upperside in the male is a pale metallic blue, with narrow black borders and a row of dark spots near the margin of the hindwing. In the female the forewing is dark brown with a blue sheen, particularly near the base of the wings, and there is a row of faint orange-capped black spots on the hindwing margin.

Habitat:

Flowering plants of a marsh next to a lake.

Notes:

Beaverhill Lake Natural Area, Alberta, Canada. Ramsar site no. 370.