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Glaucopsyche lygdamus, the silvery blue, is a small butterfly native to North America. Description Its upperside is a light blue in males and a dull grayish blue in ...
Lepidochrysops glauca, the silvery blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the African tropics to South Africa. The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 38–48 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from September to December and from January to April. There are two generations per year. [2]
Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Doubleday, 1842) – silvery blue – North America Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita (Tilden, 1974) – Behr's blue – California; Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis – Palos Verdes blue – California; Glaucopsyche lygdamus afra (Edwards, 1883) Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis McDunnough, 1936 Arizona
Brephidium isophthalma (eastern pygmy-blue) Celastrina ladon (spring azure) Celastrina neglecta (summer azure) Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue) Echinargus isola (Reakirt's blue) Euphilotes rita (rita dotted-blue) Glaucopsyche lygdamus (silvery blue) Hemiargus ceraunus (Ceraunus blue) Icaricia lupini (lupine blue) Leptotes cassius (Cassius ...
Pearl crescent, Phyciodes tharos Phaon crescent, Phyciodes phaon Silvery checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis Baltimore checkerspot, Euphydryas phaeton Question mark, Polygonia interrogationis
With a wingspan of 29 to 35 mm (1.1 to 1.4 in), Amanda's blue is noticeably larger than most of the "blue" butterflies, which is particularly apparent when they are flying. The upperside of the male's wings is a silvery blue or sky blue, often, but not always, with a broad dark border and a narrow black marginal line with an outermost white line.
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In Georgia, the eastern pygmy-blue is the smallest butterfly, where it lives along coastal portions of southeastern Georgia. It is a blue butterfly with a row of four silvery black spots along the ventral hindwing margin. Adults have a low, weak flight pattern and flutter just above the surface of host plants. Adults appear from May to August.