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. |