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Silvery-blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Description:

Butterflies and Moths of North America, "Identification: Upperside of male iridescent silvery blue with narrow dark borders; female darker blue with wide borders. Both sexes have white fringe. Underside gray-brown; both wings with row of white-ringed, round black spots. Subspecies xerces (Boisduval) and pseudoxerces Emmel and Emmel have large white spots with or without black centers."

Habitat:

field of flowers

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Vermont, USA

Spotted on Jun 1, 2016
Submitted on Jun 1, 2016

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