Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
| This strikingly beautiful local and rare butterfly is found in North Carolina only in the western mountains. Botetourt Co., VA 4/19/05. |
| Female, Clay Co., NC 5/14/05. |
| Clay Co., NC 5/22/05. This is the latest they've ever been recorded in the state. |
| Male, Botetourt Co., VA 4/19/05. |
| Same individual, Botetourt Co., VA 4/19/05. |
| Male, Clay Co., NC 5/14/05. |
| Female on its larval host plant, Carolina Vetch (Vicia caroliniana). Botetourt Co., VA 4/19/05. |
| A worn individual. Madison Co., NC 4/9/2012. |
| Madison Co., NC 4/9/2012. |