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Celestrina spp.
Underside of wings brown and grey with some spots. Antennae Black and white stripped. Wings very ragged.
Found on an unknown flower in an open conifer forest.
Spotted on Jul 21, 2021
Submitted on Aug 28, 2021
4 Comments
tomk3886, Celastrina, not Celestrina.
Thank you Livan and Vo Anh Tuan for your suggestions. With only one photo and the difficulty distinguishing the species in this genus I'm just calling it a Celestrina
I suspect the Echo Azure as well:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/41480
perhaps the Southwest Azure???
Celastrina echo ???