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Common blue. The common blue butterfly or European common blue [2] ( Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings.
The butterfly is 21 to 29 mm (0.83 to 1.14 in) wide with wings outstretched and slightly shorter in length. Female Cupido comyntas museum specimens. Eastern tailed-blue larvae feed on various legumes and are known to secrete a substance which is favored by some ant species. The ant in turn protects the larva of the butterfly from other predators.
Nymphalis antiopa, known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar. [2] Other older names for this species include grand surprise and white petticoat.
The Karner blue ( Plebejus samuelis) is an endangered species of small blue butterfly found in some Great Lakes states, small areas of New Jersey, the Capital District region of New York, and southern New Hampshire (where it is the official state butterfly) in the United States. The butterfly, whose life cycle depends on the wild blue lupine ...
Rhamnus cathartica is a deciduous, dioecious shrub or small tree growing up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall, with grey-brown bark and often thorny branches. The leaves are elliptic to oval, 25–90 mm (1– 3+1⁄2 in) long and 12–35 mm ( 1⁄2 – 1+3⁄8 in) broad; they are green, turning yellow in autumn, have toothed margins, and are arranged ...
Thorybes pylades – northern cloudywing. Staphylus hayhurstii – Hayhurst's scallopwing. Erynnis icelus – dreamy duskywing. Erynnis brizo – sleepy duskywing. Erynnis juvenalis – Juvenal's duskywing. Erynnis propertius – propertius duskywing. Erynnis horatius – Horace's duskywing. Erynnis martialis – mottled duskywing.
Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, [3] ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, [4] and is common in many different habitats. It flies from spring until fall, during which it produces two to three ...
Short-tailed blue, Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771) Eastern short-tailed blue, Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886) [8] Lorquin's blue, Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847) Small blue, Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775) Osiris blue, Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829) Carswell's little blue, Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927.